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> From: Colin Baxter <m43cap@yandex.com>
> Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 15:58:03 +0000
> Cc: , Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>,
>  emacs-devel@gnu.org
> 
> I was thinking more along the lines of few words on why it's
> necessary now for emacs to adopt the convention - it is after all
> only a convention.

The reason is "by popular demand".  If this is what you wanted us to
say that in NEWS, I'm okay with saying it.