On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 4:25 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" martin@v.loewis.dewrote:
You always create a branch for the release (subversion doesn't make any distinction between a tag and a branch anyhow, so you might as well just make a branch).
I don't think the tag should be edited (there are a few that were, and that's unfortunate already). For example, conversion to bzr will conclude it's a bazaar branch, not a tag.
I agree, that's why I think we should make a branch. Tags should be treated as immutable - it's merely an artifact of a limitation in the source control system we use that you can't make real labels.
It's standard procedure to change the code after declaring it releasable; during the release process, the version numbers get adjusted throughout, and those changes get committed before the release tag is made.
I guess my question is, is there a normal use case where the code needs to be changed for a release after the 'tag' is made? If all the changes are getting committed before the release tag is made, then what is the problem?
-- Nick