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> From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
> Cc: ghe@sdf.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2021 02:41:21 -0500
> 
> Making an option variable for each possibly controversial change is
> a favor to everyone.

Which is why we are doing that in every case where we decide that the
change could be (or is) controversial.