Re: [GENERAL] v7.3.1 Bundled and Released ...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us]
> Sent: 05 January 2003 01:10
> To: Marc G. Fournier
> Cc: Dan Langille; Peter Eisentraut; Greg Copeland; Bruce
> Momjian; PostgresSQL Hackers Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] [HACKERS] v7.3.1 Bundled and Released ...
>
>
> "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> writes:
> > I never considered tag'ng for minor releases as having any
> importance,
> > since the tarball's themselves provide the 'tag' ...
> branches give us
> > the ability to back-patch, but tag's don't provide us
> anything ... do
> > they?
>
> 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?

I've often found tags useful when ppl have reported bugs that have
occured between version - A quick way to see the changes that might have
introduced the new bug when browsing though a web interface.

Regards, Dave.