See the comments at http://drupal.org/node/101009

> I assume that this is by design and I should not worry about it.  But it
> does not conform to the documentation.

Nothing to worry about.  Can you give a reference to the documentation
that has confused you?  We need to update any documentation that may be
confusing.

Earnie

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Ah, the comments do explain, but this would appear to be a common question better addressed on the page itself.

I would condense webchick's comment here ( http://drupal.org/node/101009#comment-178007) to eliminate confusion.  Here's suggested text correction:

"You should not put anything else here. Please note that the quotes are required; some PHP versions are more sensitive to the punctuation than others.  When .info files are committed to CVS, this tag will automatically be expanded to express the correct version information."

- Ken