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> Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 17:47:00 +0000
> From: ndame <ndame@protonmail.com>
> 
> Is there an actual effort too seek out prospective packages and ask the
> code owners to include it in emacs?

Yes, in some cases.

> What about current popular packages outside Emacs? Were those developers
> all asked?

Not all of them, but some were asked, yes.