Model changes by contractors are stalled.

[jvasilje]

MCW can't merge a bunch of PRs. The list of reviewers is large, and it even includes folks from the Moreh team, which is extremely inefficient.

As first step, I'd like the list of reviewers to be reduced - something is very wrong with the current flow. It's either our folder structure, of code reviewers structure.

Some data:

List of models that are blocked (look at column G)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Dx0QixtRB4_JZ6psOX6q4LNaW40-p8zJ_XTWK2Ootdg/edit?gid=1795313225#gid=1795313225

An example issue:
https://github.com/tenstorrent/tt-metal/pull/13475/files

[bkeith-TT]

Actions:

• Determine current 'average' time to code review
• Determine best practice time to code review
• Brainstorm solutions
• Implement solutions

[jvasilje]

fyi @zzigler-tt @boris-drazic

Let's work on this with some expediency. To help, here is a list of Pending PRs from MCW
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Dx0QixtRB4_JZ6psOX6q4LNaW40-p8zJ_XTWK2Ootdg/edit?gid=470056989#gid=470056989

When I look at these PRs, I see the following dates:
Oct 3
Jun 11
Sep 13
Oct 4
May 9
...

Here's an example PR with 19 reviewers.
#8339

I'd like us to review the folders and code owners as a first pass.
First round of issues, as I see it:

• too many reviewers
• Moreh is triggered to review model demo changes. This makes zero sense to me.

[zzigler-tt]

Also, are the approvers receiving notifications thats there are PR's pending review? I am trying to understand how we can have these items sitting for such a long time.

[jvasilje]

@zzigler-tt even if you get pinged to review/approve a PR, and you see 19 REVIEWERS listed there, you are likely to do nothing and assume that someone else will handle it.