>>>>> "Roland" == Roland Mainz <roland.mainz at nrubsig.org> writes:
Roland> For example: If we remove the "feature probes" (which build the Roland> majority of the "possibly (maybe) unused files"-list) - how can Roland> I refresh the generated file "in place" and create a patch for Roland> upstream ? Hmm. Are you saying that the feature probes are not directly used during the ON build, but they're used to generate files that are used during the ON build? Roland> Removing files will only costs us time. Lots of time. But how much of that could be solved by scripting the update process? Roland> it seems that much of the jutification for changes/additions in Roland> OS/Net must be based on either a) a precedent or b) a very very Roland> convincing reason You're effectively asking for what looks like a policy change, one that seems likely to increase the pain for *other* people. So yes, that requires strong justification. mike
