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Date:      28 Oct 2003 15:08:19 -0500
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        Jason Williams <jwilliams@courtesymortgage.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Clarification on CVS Tags
Message-ID:  <44llr52ki4.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <5.2.1.1.0.20031028105856.00ac2ad0@pop.courtesymortgage.com>
References:  <5.2.1.1.0.20031028085609.00afa820@pop.courtesymortgage.com> <5.2.1.1.0.20031028085609.00afa820@pop.courtesymortgage.com> <5.2.1.1.0.20031028105856.00ac2ad0@pop.courtesymortgage.com>

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Jason Williams <jwilliams@courtesymortgage.com> writes:

> Just out of curiosity, why would someone want to use:
> 
> RELENG_4_8_0_RELEASE?
> 
> Is there some type of benefit?
> One would think that the best option for production servers is:
> 
> RELENG_4_8

Basically, yes.

Tags are used for a number of reasons besides indicating what
end-users should cvsup.  It is very important to be able to reproduce
exactly what was in a given release, even if you're not recommending
that any new installations of that release.



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