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["Michał Górny" <mgorny@gentoo.org>]

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