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Thanks for pointing me to that thread (I did actually search the forums before asking, but I searched on the wrong term).
I don't mean to raise the ire of johnbeardy (who was very helpful in the workflow thread) but I do think the "backup issue" would be a problem for me -- after many years of finger-crossing, I finally worked out a simple backup strategy that has worked very well for me. And changes to DNG files would trigger backups of the DNG files, and so I think (for me, for now) it makes more sense to stick to the camera-specific raw files, rather than convert them to DNG and also have to alter/complicate my backup strategy.
Question: assuming I do import camera-specific raw files (and do not "Copy as DNG") -- can Lightroom later "convert in place" those camera-specific raw files to DNGs?
Without getting into details, let me cast my vote for using the camera proprietary format and I don't convert to DNG.