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 --- 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