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On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 06:12:44PM -0800, Marcel Moolenaar wrote:

> I think this does not automaticly follow. If you use the -RC label for
> identifying the release when it's in a state of final QA and not to
> identify the release when it's in -ALPHA or -BETA state, then you avoid
> using the -RELEASE label when it's still possible that tags slide.

And what about the last-minute (but easily fixed) bug that is
discovered after the -RELEASE tag goes down, whenever that happens in
the process?  Either you slide the tag to fix the bug or you don't.
That's what the original poster was talking about.

Kris

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