[fitsbits] Proposed Changes to the FITS Standard

[Craig Markwardt]

Steve Allen <sla at ucolick.org> writes:
> On Sat 2007-08-18T16:30:24 -0400, Craig Markwardt hath writ:
> > Another proposed change, the case of the EXTEND keyword being made
> > optional, will also impose a software-change burden.  Software which
> > previously relied on that keyword will now be required to check for
> > the presence of extensions in a different way.
> 
> Isn't this horse already pretty far out of sight of the barn, too?

I'm not sure which is the horse and which is the barn.

Has EXTEND ever been optional for files with extensions?

Craig