Am 27.08.12 16:56, schrieb Daniel Holth:
On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 10:49 AM, Daniel Holth
wrote: I've drafted some edits to Metadata 1.2 with valuable feedback from ... (full changeset on https://bitbucket.org/dholth/python-peps/changeset/537e83bd4068)
Metadata 1.2 is nearly 8 years old and it's Accepted but not Final. Is it better to continue editing it, or create a new PEP for Metadata 1.3?
You can't add new fields to the format after the fact, unless the format had provided for such additions (which it does not - there is no mention of custom fields anywhere, and no elaboration on how "unknown" fields should be processed). So if you want to add new fields, you need to create a new version of the metadata. Prepare for a ten-year period of acceptance - so it would be good to be sure that no further additions are desired within the next ten years before seeking approval for the PEP. Regards, Martin