[PaXTeam]

> 1000 small commits can add up to 100 small+simple components

vs.

> Commits might be patches, but they're sure not components.

make up your mind, are components (whatever that means for you) composed of commits or not? :) as for commits vs patches, all commits are patches + description, but we use those terms interchangebly in the linux world with this understanding. in any case, i stand by what i said, we develop our code the same way upstream linux (or really any sane project) does. we're just not developing it for the purpose of inclusion, maybe that's the source of your confusion.