On Mon, Sep 9, 2019 at 9:33 AM Oleg Kalnichevski <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, 2019-09-09 at 08:17 -0400, Gary Gregory wrote: > > I was just made aware over at Apache Commons that Apache Infra will > > protect/preserve tags under "rel/" such that these cannot be deleted > > and > > should be used for the purpose of tagging releases. Please see below. > > > > > I am for one is very happy that only release tags will be made > protected going forward. > > What we need to do is to rename all existing release tags to conform to > the new naming convention > > ``` > X.X.X to rel/vX.X.X > ``` > > Question. Do we also treat RC tags as indelible (immutable)? > My view is no but asking on @infra or @legal seems like a good idea. Gary > Oleg > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > > From: David Nalley <[email protected]> > > Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2016 at 18:00 > > Subject: Git status update > > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > > > > > Greeting PMCs: > > (bcc to [email protected]) > > > > Following direction from the Board, Infrastructure has modified git > > to > > permit force pushes, and branch/tag deletion. > > > > In accordance with the guidance that the Board we've implemented a > > few > > changes you should be aware of: > > > > First, If a forced commit is pushed, the subsequent commit email will > > contain '[Forced Update!]' in the subject line. The hope here is that > > it draws extra attention to the situation for a project community to > > be aware, and take appropriate action if needed. > > > > Second, we've changed the 'protected' portions of git to primarily > > focus on refs/tags/rel - thus any tags under rel, will have their > > entire commit history. This provides the provenance that the ASF > > needs > > for releases, while still giving projects the ability to mold their > > repository in the way they see fit. > > > > Thus when a release vote is successful - part of the release process > > should become tagging the voted upon commit SHA under rel/ to make it > > indelible. ('# git tag rel/v15.4.2 ' or something similar.) > > > > > > If you have questions, please feel free to email > > [email protected] > > > > > > --David > > on behalf of Apache Infrastructure > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
