On Sep 18, 2009, at 3:40 PM, Josh Thompson wrote:
(2) pros - not as easy as #1, but still pretty easy
- if a vote fails, just create another tag
cons - same cons as #1, plus:
- could result in many tags that could make subversion a
little
cluttered
A tag is best, IMO.
If a vote fails, then you can always delete the corresponding
directory in tags/ (this reduces the apparent clutter). And then spin
a new release candidate for a new vote. Then a question of whether or
not your tags have unique names (e.g. 0.5-RC1, 0.5-RC2, etc or just
0.5 w/ corresponding revision #). I've seen communities use either
approach. Personally, I prefer simple name (e.g. 0.5 and note the
revision number in the release).
My current understanding is that: technically, a release vote is not
on the code that is in SVN. Instead the vote is on the source archive
that the release manager has created (which has been digitally
signed). Expectation is that the source archive matches the tag code
(and this should be verified during release vote).
--kevan
