Currently each pool op has to rebase their own changes on top of the master defaults.toml whenever it gets changed, assuming they have any currencies not in the master version.
One possible solution (proposed by @crackfoo) is to make a defaults.toml.example - the downside is this requires users to create their own defaults.toml during installation
Another possible solution is to move currencies (and algo?) out to their own config file - resulting in fewer/clearer updates - the main downside there is that it doesn't resolve the core issue, just improves handling of it