commit: 5330e6efbdf16a1aef8b257201359f224484f235 Author: Michał Górny <mgorny <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> AuthorDate: Fri Oct 7 20:24:52 2022 +0000 Commit: Michał Górny <mgorny <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> CommitDate: Fri Oct 14 15:35:01 2022 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/data/glep.git/commit/?id=5330e6ef
glep-0068: Indicate that unknown elements should be ignored As originally stated, the GLEP did not permit extending the format. Let's relax the requirement to conforming files but indicate that the parsers should ignore unknown (i.e. future) elements. Signed-off-by: Michał Górny <mgorny <AT> gentoo.org> glep-0068.rst | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/glep-0068.rst b/glep-0068.rst index a2bee64..9d10aaa 100644 --- a/glep-0068.rst +++ b/glep-0068.rst @@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ must not fetch or process it. The data structure of metadata files is defined in this GLEP. The elements and attributes do not use namespaces. Conforming files must not contain any elements or attributes that are not defined in this specification. +However, parsers should ignore any unknown elements or attributes in order +to permit future extension. Category metadata files are named ``metadata.xml`` and located inside category directories in an ebuild repository. Their structure is described
