--- a/devel-versioning.rst Mon Nov 28 01:32:24 2011 +0200
+++ b/devel-versioning.rst Mon Nov 28 01:38:54 2011 +0200
@@ -392,10 +392,14 @@
* New prefix or name in data.
* List of feature requirements, supported algorighm, etc.
-It is essential make code that detect unknown or possibly new format or protocol
-and stop working with them to avoid user data corruption.
+It is essential to make code that detect unknown or possibly new format or
+protocol and stop working with them to avoid user data corruption.
-Forward compati
+It is essential to make file format or protocol extensible. This can be achieved
+by:
+
+ * Reserving some possible names/prefixes for future use.
+ * Generalising file format or protocol to envelop more cases.
Reference.
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