2009/4/15, Graeme Geldenhuys <graemeg.li...@gmail.com>: > 2009/4/15 Flávio Etrusco <flavio.etru...@gmail.com>: > > > > > As I said previously (and was completely ignored ;-), with SVN one can > > rely on repository revisions. > > And if people don't like that, they can use a series of "pre" tags. > > And probably a "pre" branch. > > > Brilliant idea. Create a "pre-0.9.26" branch (or tag <yuck>) and > start the release process. 2-4 months later if anything is broken, > merge and patch that branch at will. Test again and if all is well, > then create a "lazarus_0.9.26" tag (never to be touched because it's a > released version). > > How difficult is that??? Logically, Flávio's example makes a lot more > sense that how it is currently done with moving tags.
To me it feels bad, that in your proposal a release is *always* build from a branch and not from a tag. In my / our current work flow, it is almost always created from a 'real' (never changed) tag and only in exceptional circumstances from a tag directory to which a commit has been made. Vincent _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lazarus.freepascal.org http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus