Re: New version numbering practices - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: New version numbering practices
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Msg-id 9545.1470342870@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: New version numbering practices  (Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>)
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Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> On 8/3/16 1:20 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
>> I was just wondering whether it would be worth starting to use "git tag -a".

> One should always use annotated tags for public releases.  That way, the
> tag is its own Git object that cannot be later moved around or easily
> faked (modulo GPG signatures -- a whole different discussion).

AFAIK, you can't really move around a plain tag either.  Certainly that's
why we go out of our way not to tag releases until we're certain we don't
need a re-wrap.
        regards, tom lane



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