IIUC, release versions are just a convention, just like release names and such. In that sense, they are cheap.
I see two competing approaches: > In Commons we create the tag using the RC number and name the files with the final names but stored in a dist/dev/xxRNn folder. > > The votes contain the hashes and SVN URLs and versions. So when the files are renamed from dist/dev/ to dist/release it's possible to trace them back to the vote. > > If the vote succeeds the RC tag is copied to the GA tag. vs. > Where I come from (httpd), we throw away release versions if the vote doesn't pass and just mark it as 'not released'. Being new to releasing software the ASF way, my tiny hazy brain finds the latter easier to digest. Potentially silly question: how difficult is it to change release approaches once one has been adopted? U
