On Nov 2, 2005, at 10:51 AM, Dain Sundstrom wrote:
On Nov 2, 2005, at 9:18 AM, Bruce Snyder wrote:
On 11/2/05, Dain Sundstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I suggest next time we are creating a milestone, preview or tag only
(unsupported) release, we don't create the temp branch in branches.
I respectfully disagree with this idea and my reasons are simple -
tags are meant to mark a point in time and *should not change* (i.e.,
commits to a tag should not happen). If a tag needs to change (i.e.,
something needs to be committed to it) then that tag figuratively
becomes a branch (and should therefore be moved to the branches dir).
You know, I think the big problem here is we are trying to apply
CVS terminology and dogma developed due to the limitations of CVS.
In CVS, the dogma is you never create a branch from a tag, always
branch then tag.
Guys, you are totally agreeing. To paraphrase Dain, "It should be
fine to create a branch from a tag, forget CVS dogma." To paraphrase
Bruce, "If we need to updated a tag, move it to the branches dir at
that point, so it's not a tag anymore."
And my thoughts are the same as well, "If we need to update a tag for
some unknow reason in the future, let's move it (or copy it with a
new name) to the branches directory at that point."
Did I capture everything correctly?
-David
