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[Nigel Kukard <nkukard@lbsd.net>]

>  Ulf> You have complained about size of patches, and 
>  Ulf> that is why there is a prepatched toolchain for AVR32.
>  Ulf> If that is not considered to be OK, then the several
>  Ulf> MBytes of patches has to be introduced into the trunk.
>  >> 
>  >> It's not the size in bytes as such, it's the special casing and
>  >> (effectively) black box patches. Even when you test your changes on
>  >> multiple archs there's a fairly big change that you break stuff for
>  >> avr32/at91, or that you guys break it for the other archs. The same
>  >> with moving packages to new versions or removing old versions, you
>  >> cannot expect other people to forward port those arch specific
>  >> patches.
>
>  Markus> Yes, mplayer for example is more than 2 years old and includes a huge
>  Markus> avr32 patch.
>
> Exactly. Who will redo this patch if I bump the mplayer version
Perfect example why we need the MAINTAINERS file, ie. who is responsible
for keeping the $arch/target patches up to date?

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