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Tue Aug 28 06:15:52 CEST 2012 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2012-August/121471.html

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

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