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Re: Tag reorg
Joseph S. Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com> wrote:
>> Why do we need snapshot tags? Can't we generate snapshots using the
>> -r {2005-11-14} syntax?
>
> In CVS, they were needed because you couldn't use a date and a branch
> together (we stopped tagging mainline snapshots some time ago in
> favour of the snapshot announcement giving the timestamp instead).
> With SVN, neither mainline nor branch snapshots need tagging; the
> announcements can give either the timestamp or the revision number.
OK. So we don't need to think of a special place to put the snapshots tags.
What about deleting the old date-based snapshot tags? Are they still useful?
Giovanni Bajo