Hi, Gabriel Wicki <gabr...@erlikon.ch> writes:
> Maxim Cournoyer <ma...@guixotic.coop> writes: >> I don't like the idea of using git tags as metadata for anything but >> releases (including RCs). > aren't major merges/rebases of branches with a big or even world rebuild > what other distros would refer to as releases? > > what's your objection here, maxim, if you don't mind me asking? simply > that we (currently) do not call the merging of - say - core-packages-foo > a minor-release? My main objections are: 1) The global tag namespace of the repo would quickly (or at some pace) become messy, as branches are merged often 2) Merge commits would serve that exact purpose without incurring 1), so it seems we should just use that -- Thanks, Maxim
