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> From: ams@gnu.org (Alfred M. Szmidt)
> CC: andrewjmoreton@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2020 17:38:54 -0400
> 
>    Since these discussions never lead to any useful or even practical
>    results, I wish people could stop trying convince one another on such
>    "on-topic" subjects.
> 
> I am not sure what discussion you are refering to, the policies for
> GNU are written down and are quite practical.  There is little to
> discuss about them as well.

Exactly.  So why waste everyone''s time by discussing them?