From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jason Rumney Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Release tags Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2012 00:04:52 +0800 Message-ID: <87y5kpydsr.fsf@gnu.org> References: <04A8931A-A044-4F8A-86FD-7AA70DA2B5E3@mit.edu> <87d32awhc7.fsf@gnu.org> <87wr0aldw0.fsf@gmail.com> <83pq62ec1i.fsf@gnu.org> <87fw6x505b.fsf@gnu.org> <87mx15lr1k.fsf@wanadoo.es> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1346774735 31488 80.91.229.3 (4 Sep 2012 16:05:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2012 16:05:35 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: =?utf-8?Q?=C3=93scar?= Fuentes Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 04 18:05:37 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1T8vdA-0001Dp-VU for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 Sep 2012 18:05:37 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55884 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T8vd7-0005Dm-V0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 Sep 2012 12:05:33 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:39227) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T8vcx-0005Bm-AY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Sep 2012 12:05:32 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T8vcp-0004UB-7Y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Sep 2012 12:05:23 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-pb0-f41.google.com ([209.85.160.41]:52640) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T8vcp-0004To-1R for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Sep 2012 12:05:15 -0400 Original-Received: by pbbro12 with SMTP id ro12so10412867pbb.0 for ; Tue, 04 Sep 2012 09:05:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=DA/XFpIq6QQa23gf/gxRj1G5/O9rDKaV70irdLEn+Hc=; b=IJn3CKcmUoL0Gvi6zQEoJsWuXCf5u8YGdhk2P27nldwYBecdvS6OI/usQ8MR4ICfO8 apFboa75nRAgDWmb1IGEJ12DmijPDEXtu52JA51fZY4F7+svasDBMxTaA+Q/Xk87y5US /tj8Ae62nePFRCDDQjjuz0K52ucCVSE6ypyuDOLLlE6MSxjcs65GpHgvoynkwnD1sPKL z/9nEvvI2fq6q8bNFNTOwEweqvY9KScTJnrXmYAgyaZXbfIK2bFMlxhHU+bBTfBmspTQ unn/5JCJ0nqSk4wmtb/zDe6mMw7kUofumyRqXQZrI0yW9ILsqXzIsdHHYHw51dAWVgT5 7b5g== Original-Received: by 10.68.222.167 with SMTP id qn7mr46570656pbc.98.1346774714365; Tue, 04 Sep 2012 09:05:14 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from home.jasonrumney.net ([180.75.154.97]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id hx9sm12467474pbc.68.2012.09.04.09.05.07 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 04 Sep 2012 09:05:12 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by home.jasonrumney.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id CAACC14C3; Wed, 5 Sep 2012 00:04:52 +0800 (MYT) In-Reply-To: <87mx15lr1k.fsf@wanadoo.es> (=?utf-8?Q?=22=C3=93scar?= Fuentes"'s message of "Tue, 04 Sep 2012 17:57:11 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.2.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 209.85.160.41 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:152998 Archived-At: =C3=93scar Fuentes writes: > A tag is associated to a revision (actually, it is a name you give to a > revision.) A revision can enter the history of any branch (via merge), > therefore its associated tag(s) will appear on the logs of those > branches. No use of a tag that I have ever seen was for a revision. It was for the state of the source tree at that point in time. Release tags especially. If there are multiple Emacs 24.2 tags in the repository, how is one supposed to know which is the real Emacs 24.2?