From: Justin M. Forbes on gitlab.com https://gitlab.com/cki-project/kernel-ark/-/merge_requests/2240#note_1245811...
I will approve it, though honestly Makefile.variables was currently arranged from most likely to be changed, meaning the further you go down the file, the less likely it is that you will need to change a value, while things like DIST_BRANCH, UPSTREAM_BRANCH, VERSION_ON_UPSTREAM, and BUMP_RELEASE are frequently changed.