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The CHANGES file

From: Tobias Ringstrom <tobias_at_ringstrom.mine.nu>
Date: 2003-08-26 22:26:07 CEST

Paul Lussier wrote:
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> rev 6856: pll | 2003-08-25 11:10:24 -0400 (Mon, 25 Aug 2003) | 1 line
>
> * CHANGES - updated release number...again
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Right now the version line in the CHANGES file looks like this:

   Version x.y.z (released <date>, rev 9999, branches/release-x.y.z)

Why is the CHANGES file referring to a branch and not a tag? There's
also the revision number of the repostitory, which of course makes
sense since it refers to a branch. If a tag is referred to instead of
a branch, the revision number becomes irrelevant. [I assume of course
that the tags are not modified after they are created.]

I propose to change the string "rev 9999, branches/release-x.y.z" to
the full URL of the tag ("http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/tags/x.y.z")
instead. I believe that such a change would remove the most magical
step from the release process, and therefore make things a tiny bit
easier for the release manager. I also think that it would be very
cool to be able to cut-and-paste the URL directly from the CHANGES file.

What do you think?

/Tobias

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