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# Cross-Timezone Review Etiquette

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The set of conventions governing code review interactions between Chromium contributors in different time zones — particularly between US (Mountain/Pacific) and European (CET/GMT) contributors, and between Google and non-Google contributors. The pattern covers writing change descriptions with enough context for asynchronous evaluation, using Gerrit's attention-set mechanism to route review responsibility explicitly, and the 48-hour convention that licenses a gentle ping.

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