> On Thursday 04 March 2004 10:28 pm, Tom Lane wrote:
> > There were no code-change differences in this rewrap, so I see no real
> > need to change the version number.
> 
> > The lesson I'd prefer to see us take away from this is that Marc needs
> > to automate his release wrapping process more.  These sorta mistakes
> > shouldn't have happened in the first place ...
> 
> There are now multiple copies of 7.3.6 out there.  How is a body to know which 
> one to use?  On RPMs, as you well now, SOP is to increment the release on any 
> change, including a typo.  This way there is no ambiguity.
> 
> This is not the first time tarballs have been streamlined.  I'm glad I hadn't 
> built any RPMs yet.

Sigh. I'm very uncomfortable with the existence of two versions of
7.3.6. Also the fact that I cannot get the "right" tar ball till it is
copied to mirrors makes me uncomfortable too.
--
Tatsuo Ishii

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