On Sep 28, 2011, at 10:53 PM, Henri Yandell <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 10:31 AM, sebb <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On 28 September 2011 18:20, Gary Gregory <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 1:12 PM, sebb <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On 28 September 2011 18:08,  <[email protected]> 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" 

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

Phil
> 
> Hen
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