> I'm possibly reading more into this statement than you intended, but in
> general we want to only bump the namespace where incompatibilities would
> otherwise arrive undetected. So no namespace bump unless we absolutely have
> to, but if we have to, we absolutely do it.
>
> Of note here is that adding elements and attributes is normally not a reason
> to bump the namespace, though traditional XML rules would indicate we should
> - clients and servers typically just ignore XML stuff they don't understand.
my misunderstanding! thanks for pointing this out.
On 2025-06-30 03:49, Dave Cridland wrote:
> I'm possibly reading more into this statement than you intended, but in
> general we want to only bump the namespace where incompatibilities would
> otherwise arrive undetected. So no namespace bump unless we absolutely have
> to, but if we have to, we absolutely do it.
>
> Of note here is that adding elements and attributes is normally not a reason
> to bump the namespace, though traditional XML rules would indicate we should
> - clients and servers typically just ignore XML stuff they don't understand.
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