On Mon, 2019-09-09 at 15:33 +0200, Oleg Kalnichevski 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 would like to try an rename the existing release tags this weekend.

Oleg


> 
> 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)?
> 
> 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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