Alternatively don't introduce incompatibilities in decades old formats. Even if you can somehow convince everyone to accept \n, older software exists and this w

Alternatively don't introduce incompatibilities in decades old formats. Even if you can somehow convince everyone to accept \n, older software exists and this will only serve to further erode how well things work together. If there was a good way to go back to these format and fix things, the line ending would probably be pretty low on my list.