Ralf Corsepius wrote: .
The only legitimate reason to patch is time-lags between upstream andcurrent version.
Not true. There are licensing reasons, difference in defaults, differences in approaches between upstream and distributions etc.
If this isn't reason, then patching is a strong indication for something about the development model not being functional.
It could also be indicative of that. Encouraging patches to be submitted upstream is a good thing but the number of patches are not indicated as a review blocker and won't stop a package from being included in Fedora.
Rahul