Op dinsdag 14-04-2009 om 12:35 uur [tijdzone +0200], schreef Hans-Peter Diettrich: > Graeme Geldenhuys schrieb: > > >> Yes, but beware the some of them got merges from trunk afterwards. > >> > >> For instance, lazarus_0_9_26_2 is based on 18716, and r18269 got merged > >> resulting in r18898. So you cannot simpy use r18898 for the tag. > > > > I noticed that... Doesn't that defeat the point of tags??? Branches > > are used for merging things. Tags should be set in stone - a snapshot > > at a specific point in time. > > I'll second that. > > Later fixes should be supplied as patches (AKA "service packs"), IMO.
You have never managed the release of a complex (open-source?) application, didn't you? If a showstopper pops up, you have to cancel the release and make another. You can't release buggy software and then release a service-pack on the day the original release is released! Joost _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lazarus.freepascal.org http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus