On Sat, Sep 07, 2002 at 07:00:27PM -0400, Ryan Bloom wrote: > Generally, we do not create tarballs of tags, because the tags are meant > to be used by developers before the release is rolled. The problem with > tarballs, is that once they are created, they can be downloaded, and then > it is very difficult to determine which version of the tarball a user > has. By restricting things to just CVS tags, we can be sure that only > developers or users who REALLY understad that they aren't getting a > release get the code. Then, once it has been well tested, we can roll a > tarball for general release.
Well I don't think we feel any differently about tags vs. tarballs, it's just a little extra work to create tarballs. We really shouldn't ever move any tags around anyway, since it's just as difficult to figure out what you checked out from a moving tag as it is to match a tarball to a version... If there are enough people like Chris who want snapshot-like tarballs of development tags that we are making, I'd be happy to roll unofficial tarballs and stick them up on my site for a few days. -aaron
