Chad wrote:
I disagree here. Silence should not be taken for assent. Perhaps we should formalize the "approval" process for RfCs. I agree with the rest of your message in that we absolutely need to get more eyes on RfCs...and I'm open to suggestions on how to do so.
-Chad
They are core committers. I'm not talking about bugzilla patches which might need babysitting. The timeout is important because it ensures that it will be reviewed, falling back to the current model. Otherwise, projects [not sponsored by WMF] will end up delayed until After Wikimania/After fundraising/After next scap... So people would probably continue committing to trunk "because it's the only way to know it will eventually be reviewed". Plus, I'm sure there will be mucho more eyes on it after the "If nobody opposes, I'm merging it tomorrow" than the week before.
Besides, you can give the author feedback: I'm busy right now, but I'll review it next week, requesting for more time.