On Mon, 2019-09-09 at 10:24 -0400, Gary Gregory wrote:
> 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.
> 

I agree. I guess as long as we all are on the same page we do not need
to bother the infra.

Oleg

> 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
> > 
> > 
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