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Remove CODEOWNERS - #216
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Removes codeowner-gated review entirely. Requested explicitly after CODEOWNERS caused a review deadlock: the original file pointed backend paths at a nonexistent GitHub handle (@karthik-veginati, confirmed 404), which made those paths permanently unapprovable by anyone. A later fix (#206) corrected the handle, but was itself reverted (#210) at the requester's direction. This removes the mechanism outright rather than maintaining it further. Effect: PRs no longer require a specific reviewer based on which files they touch. Standard branch-protection rules (if any) still apply.
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safe to merge go ahead and merge
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Removes
.github/CODEOWNERSentirely, per explicit request.Why
CODEOWNERS caused a review deadlock: it pointed backend paths (
/middlewareNode/,/deploy/,/chessServer/,/stockfishServer/,/documentation/analytics-mocks/) at@karthik-veginati, a GitHub handle that returns 404 — it doesn't exist. That made every backend-path PR permanently unapprovable by anyone, since no account by that name could satisfy the codeowner-review requirement.A fix (#206) corrected the handle to the real account, but was later reverted (#210) at the requester's explicit direction, restoring the broken state deliberately. This PR removes the mechanism outright rather than continuing to patch or revert it.
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