There's also the fact that release tags are supposed to go inside rel/
or wherever to make them immutable.

On Wed, 25 Sep 2019 at 11:21, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 12:06 PM sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 25 Sep 2019 at 16:59, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 8:44 AM sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> On Wed, 25 Sep 2019 at 11:34, Roberto Oliveira <rguim...@redhat.com>
> > wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> > On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 12:31 PM sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> > >
> > >> > > On Wed, 25 Sep 2019 at 07:41, Daniel Kreling <dkrel...@redhat.com>
> > wrote:
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > We need to build the package from source
> > >> > >
> > >> > > In which case you should be using the formal release package.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > > and we need to know precisely
> > >> > > > where the development ended.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > What do you mean by that?
> > >> > He means that if he wants to build version 2.6 from source he doesn't
> > >> > know from where he should build.
> > >>
> > >> He should build from the official source release.
> > >>
> > >> These are linked from the download page, i.e.
> > >>
> > >> https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-io/download_io.cgi
> > >>
> > >> For automated builds you can use:
> > >>
> > >>
> > http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/?filename=commons/io/source/commons-io-2.6-src.zip&action=download
> > >>
> > >> You should check the sig or hash from:
> > >>
> > https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/io/source/commons-io-2.6-src.zip.asc
> > >>
> > https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/io/source/commons-io-2.6-src.zip.sha256
> > >>
> > >> You can replace .zip with .tar.gz above
> > >>
> > >> > Can you or someone confirm the version 2.6 was built from tag
> > >> > "commons-io-2.6-RC3" ?
> > >>
> > >> Only the source packages linked from the download page are official
> > releases.
> > >
> > >
> > > But that does not address the poster's question. If we are confident
> > that commons-io-2.6-RC3 is indeed 2.6, then we should create a tag called
> > rel/commons-io-2.6, right?
> >
> > The tag would not be an official source release.
> >
>
> That's besides the point, the point is that the tag for the release is
> missing, clearly. Either we know enough to create the tag or we do not.
> Folks can do what they want with the tag like any other tag. Am I missing
> something here?
>
> Gary
>
> >
> > > Gary
> > >
> > >>
> > >> > >
> > >> > > > Thanks,
> > >> > > > Daniel
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 6:52 PM sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> > > > >
> > >> > > > > Might I ask why the tag is so important?
> > >> > > > >
> > >> > > > > If you are looking to download the source, then that is
> > available from
> > >> > > > > the usual download page:
> > >> > > > >
> > >> > > > > https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-io/download_io.cgi
> > >> > > > >
> > >> > > > > On Tue, 24 Sep 2019 at 11:32, Roberto Oliveira <
> > rguim...@redhat.com> wrote:
> > >> > > > > >
> > >> > > > > > Hi Gary,
> > >> > > > > >
> > >> > > > > > Thanks for looking at it. Is there any update?
> > >> > > > > >
> > >> > > > > > On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 2:10 PM Gary Gregory <
> > garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> > > > > > >
> > >> > > > > > > Looking...
> > >> > > > > > >
> > >> > > > > > > On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 7:32 AM Daniel Kreling <
> > dkrel...@redhat.com> wrote:
> > >> > > > > > >>
> > >> > > > > > >> Hi
> > >> > > > > > >>
> > >> > > > > > >> I am looking for the final tag for commons-io version 2.6
> > and I have
> > >> > > > > > >> not been able to find it [0]. The last one I can see is the
> > >> > > > > > >> commons-io-2.6-RC3, released in Oct 2017, which I assume
> > to be the
> > >> > > > > > >> final one.
> > >> > > > > > >>
> > >> > > > > > >> Is there a "Final" tag for commons-io, or one which I can
> > explicitly
> > >> > > > > > >> tell it's the final one?
> > >> > > > > > >> If not, is it possible for you to create one, please?
> > >> > > > > > >>
> > >> > > > > > >> [0] https://github.com/apache/commons-io/releases
> > >> > > > > > >>
> > >> > > > > > >> Thanks,
> > >> > > > > > >> Daniel
> > >> > > > > > >>
> > >> > > > > > >>
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> > >> > > > > >
> > >> > > > > >
> > >> > > > > > --
> > >> > > > > > Regards,
> > >> > > > > > Roberto Oliveira
> > >> > > > > >
> > >> > > > > >
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> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > --
> > >> > Regards,
> > >> > Roberto Oliveira
> >



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