In gnulib-intro.texi, I noticed some text: We also make stable releases every two months, at @url{http://erislabs.net/ianb/projects/gnulib/}.
I wasn't aware this was being promulgated as an official release that "we" make. Anyway, what's stable about it? As far as I was aware, Gnulib did not promise any stability of anything at any level or make any attempt to do anything special every two months. That is, I thought these tarballs are essentially a snapshot taken for the convenience of distro people, nothing more. Thanks, k