Non-committer reviews: is it helpful?

Hi Hackers,

I have a question for the community. While waiting for feedback on my
own patches, I was wondering: is there value in me reviewing other
people's patches, even though I am not a committer here?

I know committers are extremely busy, and I have some spare time to help
the community. I believe I can provide meaningful technical reviews and
help reduce the load on maintainers.

I’ve been around here for over a year, and sometimes it feels like the
project lacks a dedicated coordinator to direct contributor and reviewer
efforts. Because of this, I'm not always sure which patches deserve
attention first.

I saw that reviews by third parties (not contributors and committers)
are included in the commit log header.

In general, I want to understand how useful this is for committers.

Thanks!

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Regards,
Alexander Borisov