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diff --git a/doc/src/02000-store.md b/doc/src/02000-store.md index 6d09db0c..2b53dca8 100644 --- a/doc/src/02000-store.md +++ b/doc/src/02000-store.md @@ -126,6 +126,26 @@ sub-folders like this: /module/some/sub/folder/example~0.1 ``` +A given file MUST only exist once with the same path. +For example, it is invalid if these files exist at the same time: + +* /foo/bar~0.2 +* /foo/bar~1.3 + +To future-proof the System it is thus necessary to create a disambiguation at +the store level. Thus if a library wants to retrieve a file from the Store +it MUST at least accept files from it's current advertised version. It MAY +accept older files and it MAY transform them and resubmit them in the newer +version. + +For this there will be an enum returned for each given Entry. It will have these +members: + +- `Compatible`, for version matches +- `PossiblyIncompatible`, if the current version is at least a major number + further +- `Incompatible`, if the file is a at least a major number further + ## Store path links {#sec:thestore:links} Linking entries MUST BE version independent. |