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  • Still sounds like it could get quite messy if Google adds a feature

    Of course it can, the point is how difficult it is to get out of the mess. Patching upstream source directly is magnitudes worse. Unfortunately, when you want to add one button to SystemUI somewhere, going straight to the layout and adding it in is most tempting.

    In practice, an upstream merge would typically be completed in a few days to several weeks at worst with little to no breakage. These days that’s even easier because a lot of pieces got modularised and separated as part of the work done in Project Treble.