Re: tag for 2.17.96 is missing in git

[Werner LEMBERG]

>> Hmm.  So why do we have
>>
>>  commit 9918cd9f8d8f5461c6ad7e086fd93de59960eb95
>>  Author: Phil Holmes <address@hidden>
>>  Date:   Sun Nov 24 22:05:16 2013 +0000
>>
>>      Release: bump VERSION.
>>
>> in the `master' branch?  This looks incorrect to me, given that we
>> currently derive 2.17.9X tarballs from the `stable' branch, right?
> 
> VERSION is out of step on master and stable, so needs bumping
> separately on each.

But I think we must not use 2.17.9X for the `master' branch!  Such
tags should be only used on `stable'.  It's totally confusing if a
developer reports a problem with, say, 2.17.97, and we have to ask `on
stable or on master?'...

IMHO, releases from `master' should use 2.19.XX.  Then we can add
proper tags also so that e.g. `git describe' returns meaningful
results.


    Werner