On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:12:01 -0700, Mike Kupfer <mike.kup...@oracle.com>
wrote:
> Steven Stallion wrote:
> 
>> Its a trivial matter to re-create the source tarball contents via
>> hg. Tags have been in place for years now in the event you need to go
>> back to previous releases.
> 
> Alas, it's not entirely trivial.  The tag just indicates the cutoff for
> the build.  It doesn't reflect backouts or stopper fixes that happened
> after the cutoff.
> 
> To recreate a biweekly build, start with the tag, then review the
> on-discuss archives for respin announcements[1], which list the
additional
> changesets.

Ah, interesting. I had thought tags were applied just prior to the binary
release.

Thanks for the heads up!

Steve
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