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List:       jakarta-commons-dev
Subject:    Re: svn commit: r1176967 - /commons/proper/io/tags/commons-io-2.1-RC1/
From:       Henri Yandell <flamefew () gmail ! com>
Date:       2011-09-29 15:26:57
Message-ID: CAPVuaYvymsJbMjZfc8enPTU0sG=A5MYQifC5C+PAdmS+YOckjA () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 7:51 AM, Phil Steitz <phil.steitz@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sep 28, 2011, at 10:53 PM, Henri Yandell <flamefew@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 10:31 AM, sebb <sebbaz@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 28 September 2011 18:20, Gary Gregory <garydgregory@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 1:12 PM, sebb <sebbaz@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > On 28 September 2011 18:08,  <ggregory@apache.org> wrote:
> > > > > > Author: ggregory
> > > > > > Date: Wed Sep 28 17:08:45 2011
> > > > > > New Revision: 1176967
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1176967&view=rev
> > > > > > Log:
> > > > > > Remove tag, fixing POM and will retag for RC1
> > > > > 
> > > > > Please tag as RC2 instead; tags are supposed to be immutable.
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Even if a vote is never called?
> > > 
> > > Yes, it's easier to trace later.
> > > 
> > > Tags are very cheap to create; it's just not worth creating possible
> > > confusion by allowing them to be recreated in some circumstances.
> > 
> > What confusion is there in recreating something that never really existed?
> > 
> > "Hello everyone, time to vote on RC67"
> > "WHAT? Did I miss the earlier ones?"
> > "No, I just screwed up a lot".
> > 
> > I regularly tag and ditch.
> 
> Can't parse above.  Do you mean you regularly commit tags and then over-write them? \
> I agree with Sebb that since they are cheap, there is no reason to "reuse"

Yup.

svn copy ...
build
<oops, didn't update version>
svn remove
svn copy
build
<oops, didn't update something else>
svn remove
svn copy
build
call vote

> And hey, when was the last time you looked at an RCn with n<3?  He he.

Exactly. This is merely a trick to lure me into looking at an RC
before it's ready.

Hen

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