This puts patches in all derivations even if it unspecified by the
derivation. By default it will be an empty list. This simplifies
overrides, as we can now assume that patches is a valid name so that
this works:

self: super: {
  mypkg = super.pkg.overrideAttrs (o: {
    patches = o.patches ++ [ ./my-very-own.patch ];
  });
}

That is, you don’t need to provide a default "or []", make-derivation
provides one for you.

Unfortunately, this is a mass rebuild.

make-derivation: put patches in all derivations