Petri Lehtinen writes: > Daniel Holth wrote: > > I don't know of a tool that doesn't reliably ignore extra fields, but > > I will put you down as being in favor of an X- fields paragraph: > > > > Extensions (X- Fields) > > :::::::::::::::::::::: > > > > Metadata files can contain fields that are not part of > > the specification, called *extensions*. These fields start with > > with `X-`. > > See RFC 6648 for why such X-fields may not be a good idea: > > http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6648
But note that the RFC also says that the preferred solution to the problem that X-fields are intended to solve is an easily accessible name registry and a simple registration procedure. If Martin's "be prepared for a ten-year period to acceptance" is serious, what should be done about such a registry? _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
