I went ahead and tagged AOO-4.1.6RC1. If it passes then we can copy that tag to 
the GA.

> On Oct 26, 2018, at 10:56 AM, Matthias Seidel <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> Hi Marcus,
> 
> Am 25.10.18 um 23:56 schrieb Marcus:
>> Am 25.10.2018 um 23:42 schrieb Andrea Pescetti:
>>> On 23/10/2018 Matthias Seidel wrote:
>>>> Am 23.10.18 um 13:06 schrieb Jim Jagielski:
>>>>> r1844555 was the SVN version of HEAD at the time of the email.
>>>> Yes, and it increases by the time of writing...
>>>> So it gives no information about what revision the RC should be
>>>> build upon?
>>> 
>>> This has always been an issue to the structure of our SVN repository,
>>> but fortunately it is only cosmetic.
>>> 
>>> All the ASF projects use the same SVN repository, and the revision
>>> number increases (obviously) any time someone commits to any part of
>>> the repository. So a commit to another project will increase the
>>> overall revision number while the OpenOffice code remains the same.
>>> 
>>> This means there is always a range of SVN HEAD revisions that
>>> correspond to the same OpenOffice code. Only running "svn log" in the
>>> OpenOffice checkout will tell you the last "real" OpenOffice revision.
>> 
>> isn't this the reason (or one of some) that we put a SVN tag to a
>> specific revision, so that all can talk about the same revision for a
>> specific release?
> 
> Yes, we tag the final release to "document" that specific revision.
> 
> This was more about clear communicating:
> 
>  - when a Release Candidate is to be build
>  - and what revision it is exactly based on
> 
> Earlier builds/releases were done by one Release Manager only, but now
> we are a team of three.
> That needs some kind of coordination.
> 
> Matthias
> 
>> 
>> Marcus
>> 
>> 
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