30 Jun
2025
30 Jun
'25
5:48 p.m.
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.