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> Well, a tag makes it feasible for someone else to recreate the tarball,
> given access to the CVS server.  Dunno how important that is in the real
> world --- but I have seen requests before for us to tag release points.
>
> Any other arguments out there?

FWIW, I use the tags often in some scripts that rely on the output 
of 'cvs status -v'. Seeing REL7_3_STABLE at the top of the 
"Existing Tags" list is a bit disconcerting when you know that 
it's not true. My scripts assume that the latest release should 
always be tagged.

Greg Sabino Mullane  greg(at)turnstep(dot)com
PGP Key: 0x14964AC8 200208

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