CVS tags (was: [new-ra] merge with head)

[Gerald Pfeifer]

On Sat, 11 Oct 2003, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
>> Is there any reason y'all need to add tags to mainline for such merges,
>> or could you simply use the -D2003-10-10 option of CVS as well?
> It think it is essentially for convenience in merging.
> If you add a tag, you don't need to remember exactly the date + hour

So? Add the value of the -D tag to the ChangeLog on the branch, for
example (or, as tree-ssa folks do it, to the version string on the
branch).

> -- and the hour can vary from one country to the other.

You don't need hours; just use the day.  And if you use hours, these
will be GMT anyways.

Gerald
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