man: document how os-release(5) may be extended by OS vendors

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Lennart Poettering 2012-03-06 18:14:06 +01:00
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accommodate for rolling releases. In this case VERSION
and VERSION_ID may be unset. Applications should not
rely on these fields to be set.</para>
<para>Operating system vendors may extend the file
format and introduce new fields. It is highly
recommended to prefix new fields with an OS specific
name in order to avoid name clashes. Example:
<literal>DEBIAN_BTS="debbugs://bugs.debian.org/"</literal></para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>