i note that for pkgs that exist only in pkgsrc (ie, there is no other
distribution point, such as pkglint, digest, etc), NO_PATCH is
typically set (well...defined) in the makefile.  of course, if there
*were* to be patches, it would be just as straightforward for one to
fix the actual code than to make a patch.  simpler, even.

however it makes it rather difficult to apply *local* patches to these
programs.

in the case of pkglint (which i was just mucking with), adding a
do-extract target to the makefile (to do the copying from the files
directory to the work directory) and unsetting NO_PATCH made
everything happy again.

is there any reason this new idea might not be encouraged?

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