Hi Sam,

Sam James <s...@gentoo.org> writes:

>> GNU is the last serious hold-out, and "this is how we've always done it"
>> won't wash any more.
>
> It is, in fact, not the last serious hold-out at all:
> https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#Quote-Characters.
>
> I don't recall when it changed other than it being in the last few years.

I thought it was more recent as well, but over decade ago:

    revision 1.211
    date: 2011-12-31 23:48:43 +0000;  author: karl;  state: Exp;  lines: +45 
-29;  commitid: 9veeiUxdwXD2RoNv;
    (Quoting Characters): recommend undirected quotes

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