I'm busy fixing some nitpickings with a port, and then I see that all MULTI_PACKAGES are using a PATCHLEVEL thingy.
While simple, this is a major inconvenience to users: all packages in a multi-packages setting have an independent life. Putting everything under the same p* number means that anytime a porter tweaks anything inside a given package *USERS HAVE TO UPDATE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE MULTIPACKAGES* instead of only the one(s) affected. It's not like it was complicated to put separate numbers of each multipackage, nor to check with make show=PKGNAMES that everything is alright. So porters, please stop doing that...