Will the reduced patch size be ready for the 2.5 rollout?asked by Technomage

I don't think so. When it's ready. You saw a reduced patch size update in ATV this week from Mike Pickett.

And one of the things that we're going to be doing with the initial rollout is testing it internally for how we get our builds. Developers all over the globe have to get a new build, sometimes several of them a day. And so we will be utilizing the same system internally. And then once we are confident in how it is working, we will roll it out to everybody else. And he has been an absolute badass with that stuff.

So I wouldn't expect it for 2.5, but leave room for yourself to be surprised if it's awesome and works fast.