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http://www.atmel.com/images/doc2521.pdf dice:
Connecting the RESET so that it is possible to enter both high-voltage programming and ordinary low level reset can be achieved by applying a pull-up resistor to the RESET line. This pull-up resistor makes sure that reset does not go low unintended.
The pull-up resistor can in theory be of any size, but if the Atmel AVR should be programmed from e.g. STK500/AVRISP the pull-up should not be so strong that the programmer cannot activate RESET by draw the RESET line low. The recommended pull-up resistor is 4.7kΩ or larger when using STK500 for programming. For debugWIRE to function properly, the pull-up must not be smaller than 10kΩ.
EDIT:
A low resistor value is called a strong pull-up, a high resistor value is called a weak pull-up
Quindi in pratica non più piccola di 10k per poter utilizzare anche debugWIRE, 10k però lo vedo molto al limite.. magari con 20k si è più sicuri che debugWire funzioni perdendo un pochino di immunità ai disturbi?