Re: [GENERAL] v7.3.1 Bundled and Released ...

From: Dan Langille <dan(at)langille(dot)org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Greg Copeland <greg(at)CopelandConsulting(dot)Net>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgresSQL Hackers Mailing List <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] v7.3.1 Bundled and Released ...
Date: 2003-01-05 12:41:37
Message-ID: 20030105074055.P8398-100000@m20.unixathome.org
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On Sat, 4 Jan 2003, Tom Lane wrote:

> "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> writes:
> > I never considered tag'ng for minor releases as having any importance,
> > since the tarball's themselves provide the 'tag' ... branches give us the
> > ability to back-patch, but tag's don't provide us anything ... do they?
>
> Well, a tag makes it feasible for someone else to recreate the tarball,
> given access to the CVS server. Dunno how important that is in the real
> world --- but I have seen requests before for us to tag release points.

FWIW, in the real world, a release doesn't happen if it's not taqged.

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