> > On Apr 1, 2020, at 8:43 AM, Gilles Sadowski <gillese...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Le mer. 1 avr. 2020 à 14:33, Rob Tompkins <chtom...@gmail.com > > <mailto:chtom...@gmail.com>> a écrit : > >> > >> > >> > >>> On Apr 1, 2020, at 8:22 AM, Stefan Bodewig <bode...@apache.org> wrote: > >>> > >>> On 2020-04-01, Gary Gregory wrote: > >>> > >>>> The docs should also make sure that release tags are in the form rel/... > >>>> which makes them read-only. > >>> > >>> So far I've created a new tag under rel/ for the RC tag when the vote > >>> has been accepted. So only "real" releases end up there. > >>> > >>> If we want to create all our tags there, things may look a bit > >>> confusing. But I could live with that as well. > >> > >> I would think we would only want to put tags that have a [VOTE] thread > >> associated under rel/ because they are required to remain in the public > >> domain. > > > > A vote that *passed*, you mean (?). > > Everything that is not officially released is so-to-speak "internal". > > Is there any interest in having failed attempts made read-only? > > > > Yes, I would think we would want the code on which we voted kept as well as > the emails. I agree the commits are kept in the [VOTE] thread, but those are > technically mutable. If I understand correctly, [infra] has put a special > restriction on our mirrors of GitHub such that tags with the prefix “rel/“ > cannot be overwritten. Thus, the only way to ensure the history is > permanently retained is to have it be under a tag with a “rel/“ prefix. We > otherwise rely on the good will (which I do trust) of our committers to not > force push over a branch or delete RC tags.
I think I understand the purpose of "rel/". My take is that it is *not* useful to have a tag history. [IIUC "rel/" is for "release", not release history.] The code history is in the commits; the release history is in the *one* tag that has been accepted for release (and must be archived with the "rel/" prefix). Even if other "rc" tags were deleted, what would be the real harm? The commit associated with the tag (also mentioned in the "[Vote]" message) would still exist. To confirm, one way or the other, could someone please post the link to where this was all explained? Thanks, Gilles > -Rob > > > The "history" is kept through the ML archives (the "[Vote]" thread > > and its corresponding tag/commit). > > > > Gilles > > > >> I have, at times, found the need to delete a tag due to mistakes on my > >> part. But, I’ve only done so if there has been no email [VOTE]. If there > >> was an email [VOTE] in existence, then my move has been to increment the > >> RC version. > >> > >> My 2 cents, > >> -Rob > >> > >>> > >>> Stefan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
