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+* The :module:`ExternalData` module learned to tolerate a ``DATA{}``
+ reference to a missing source file with a warning instead of
+ rejecting it with an error. This helps developers write new
+ ``DATA{}`` references to test reference outputs that have not
+ yet been created.