Re: what's the current situation with immutable tags?

On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 03:17:42PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> last i recall, one solution was a python-based pre-commit hook,
> another was perms-based. what's the cleanest and easiest way these
> days?

Nothing has changed, those are still the only methods people can use.

> p.s. i briefly saw a solution that involved setting up perms as to
> *who* was allowed to modify tags, but that disturbs me since i don't
> think *anyone* should be allowed. but maybe i'm misunderstanding what
> i was reading.

It's just a matter of preference. In some situations people want that.
E.g. large development team with separate groups, one group doing releases
and tagging, and they need to be able to clean up any mistakes they
make.

Stefan
Received on 2009-06-14 12:07:59 CEST