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Re: RFC: gdb-7.9-release tag on wrong commit
- From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker at adacore dot com>
- To: Pedro Alves <palves at redhat dot com>
- Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>, gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 17:46:04 +0400
- Subject: Re: RFC: gdb-7.9-release tag on wrong commit
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> > Wouldn't it be even more confusing to have 7.9.1 without 7.9?
> >
> > I'd say creating a new tag is good enough.
>
> Agreed.
>
> To minimize confusion, you can also delete the bad tag, and
> then most people won't ever see it. Those who managed to
> pull in the bad tag in can get rid of it with
> e.g., "git pull --prune --tags".
I would have documented it in both NEWS and website, but
deleting the tag is indeed a good idea. I will create a new one
momentarily.
Thanks for your feedback.
--
Joel