Re: Don't add tags to ELPA packages -- documentation?

[Phil Sainty]

On 2021-08-18 11:36, Eric Abrahamsen wrote:
> Okay, this is really useful! Thank you. So it's only an issue if 
> package
> maintainers have explicitly pushed their tags to the ELPA repo. So all
> the README needs to say, really, is "don't push your tags to the ELPA 
> repo".

Yes, I think so; although it might be worthwhile elaborating to avoid
any potential confusion.  Something like:

Git tags should not be pushed to the ELPA repository.  This is because:

* Tags are global throughout any git repository.

* Therefore tags sourced from one package might conflict with tags
  sourced from another project (e.g. a version tag "1.0").

* The ELPA repository doesn't need any tags.

Note that git will not push any tags unless you explicitly tell it to
do so.