# Compat entry for a package that may or may not be a standard library

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/compat-entry-for-a-package-that-may-or-may-not-be-a-standard-library/52397>\
**Category:** General Usage\
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**Created:** [December 26, 2020, 8:31am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/compat-entry-for-a-package-that-may-or-may-not-be-a-standard-library/52397 "2020-12-26T08:31:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tamas\_Papp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tamas_papp/32/25949_2.png) [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2020, 8:31am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/compat-entry-for-a-package-that-may-or-may-not-be-a-standard-library/52397/1 "2020-12-26T08:31:31Z")

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[TOML.jl](https://github.com/JuliaLang/TOML.jl) currently (Julia \<=1.5) requires a `[compat]` entry for the General registry, but it will be a standard library for 1.6.

Will that compat entry just be ignored then, or is it going to cause problems?