Thanks Dave. I think that makes it much clearer. I'm +1 on it, especially given that it got pushed in this year.
--Alex > -----Original Message----- > From: David Nalley [mailto:da...@gnsa.us] > Sent: Tuesday, March 4, 2014 4:00 AM > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org > Subject: Re: Removing TAGS > > This really isn't 'our' history though. Most of the tags Sebastien referred to > came in on January 8th[1]. When we moved to the ASF, we removed the > vast majority of tags and branches as they simply didn't have a lot of context > here, and increased the already-bewildering confusion most people > experienced. > > [1] http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/cloudstack- > commits/201401.mbox/%3caacd7ef5168d411ab6c71e382190f89b@git.apache > .org%3e > > --David > > On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 2:48 AM, Daan Hoogland <daan.hoogl...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I am actually -1 on any history falsification or destruction. I have > > no interest in this particular history but if citrix doesn't mind us > > seeing it we should leave it as is. > > > > regads, > > Daan > > > > On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 7:43 PM, Alex Huang <alex.hu...@citrix.com> > wrote: > >> Sebastien, > >> > >> It's a -0 for me. If it's important to do, sure. > >> > >> --Alex > >> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: Sebastien Goasguen [mailto:run...@gmail.com] > >>> Sent: Monday, March 3, 2014 9:54 AM > >>> To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org > >>> Subject: Re: Removing TAGS > >>> > >>> > >>> On Mar 3, 2014, at 12:19 PM, Alex Huang <alex.hu...@citrix.com> > wrote: > >>> > >>> > What does it achieve? Tags don't cost anything. The code came from > Citrix. > >>> Removing the TAGS is not going to take that away. > >>> > > >>> > >>> That's true they don't cost a thing, but anyone looking at the tags > >>> and not knowing the history will get confused between cloudstack and > >>> cloudplaftorm and will get confused between version numbers. > >>> > >>> I actually think it's almost a case of branding and that we need to > >>> protect the cloudstack brand. At the very least, if you want to keep > >>> the tags we should rename them to avoid confusion. > >>> > >>> -sebastien > >>> > >>> > I like having git metadata in case I need to go find something > >>> > really old or > >>> understand where the code made its fork. It doesn't happen often > >>> but I do like having the information if I need it. > >>> > > >>> > --Alex > >>> > > >>> >> -----Original Message----- > >>> >> From: David Nalley [mailto:da...@gnsa.us] > >>> >> Sent: Sunday, March 2, 2014 5:41 PM > >>> >> To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org > >>> >> Subject: Re: Removing TAGS > >>> >> > >>> >> Please do - obviously retain anything that is tied to an ACS > >>> >> release; but it's a version control system - delete tags boldly. > >>> >> :) > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> --David > >>> >> > >>> >> On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 1:26 PM, Sebastien Goasguen > >>> >> <run...@gmail.com> > >>> >> wrote: > >>> >>> Hi, > >>> >>> > >>> >>> When I look at the tags on git, there are a bunch of Citrix specific > tags. > >>> >>> > >>> >>> https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cloudstack.git;a=tags > >>> >>> > >>> >>> Can we clean those up ? > >>> >>> > >>> >>> I don't see why we need a TAG_CLOUDPLATFORM_2.2.15_GA2 > >>> >>> > >>> >>> -sebastien > >>> >>> > >>> >>> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Daan
