proposing patches (was: Colored kernel messages on serial console)

[Edgar Fuß]

> If you find that useful, why do you feel you need an external approval
> for scratching your own itch?  Just do it and use it for yourself.
I find nothing wrong with proposing a patch, finding out that nobody else 
finds it useful and so keeping it local. /Not/ proposing it prevents others 
from finding it useful and the patch getting incorporated.