Author: sebb
Date: Fri Jun 7 22:29:03 2013
New Revision: 1490855
URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1490855
Log:
How to choose TAG names
Modified:
commons/cms-site/trunk/content/xdoc/releases/prepare.xml
Modified: commons/cms-site/trunk/content/xdoc/releases/prepare.xml
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/commons/cms-site/trunk/content/xdoc/releases/prepare.xml?rev=1490855&r1=1490854&r2=1490855&view=diff
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--- commons/cms-site/trunk/content/xdoc/releases/prepare.xml (original)
+++ commons/cms-site/trunk/content/xdoc/releases/prepare.xml Fri Jun 7
22:29:03 2013
@@ -456,7 +456,13 @@
Do <code>svn diff</code> and <code>svn status</code> to check that the
changes are OK.
These should only show changes to the POMs.</p>
- <p>Create the RC tag, by copying the tag workspace to SVN:</p>
+ <p>Create the RC tag, by copying the tag workspace to SVN as below.
+ The tag name should include the component name, as this makes it
easier to distinguish checkouts.
+ Try to follow the existing naming convention so the tag names will
sort in a reasonable order.
+ For example NET uses NET_M_N_RC1, and LANG has a similar convention.
+ For an example of how <b>not</b> to do it, see
https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/commons/proper/io/tags/
+ The IO tags don't sort properly.
+ </p>
<pre>
svn copy foo-1.2-RC1 -m "Creating foo-1.2-RC1 tag"
https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/commons/proper/foo/tags/foo-1.2-RC1
