Backport fix for BZ #18928?

[Joseph Myers]

On Thu, 17 Dec 2015, Carlos O'Donell wrote:

> On 12/17/2015 12:02 PM, Joseph Myers wrote:
> > I think bumping the version number to 2.22.2 should imply making a 2.22.1 
> > release (which means updating the release checklist to make clear which 
> > bits apply to point releases, e.g. tagging and release tarballs and 
> > announcements, and which don't, e.g. branching - and probably also a 
> > variant of the release announcement that makes clear this is a point 
> > release with just a few bug fixes, not a major new release).
>  
> Would you be opposed to having the VERSION bump on a released branch
> contain no work required by the committer?

Yes.  I don't think the number should be bumped past 2.22.1 without a 
defined set of sources for 2.22.1, and as per the announcement to gnu-prog 
on 7 May, GNU package releases should include tarballs, not be tag-only.

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Joseph S. Myers
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