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Hi,

On 05 June 2012 1:01:37 Mark Linimon wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 05, 2012 at 12:18:33PM +0700, Erich wrote:
> > I did not know this. Do you have a link for this? I never read about it.
> 
> The EOL announcements have them.  I don't think the release announcements
> do, however.
> 
this is the problem. I would like to be able to go back to the last release in case of a problem and restart from there.

When it is possible to tag the EOL, it should be as easy to tag the SOL (start of life).

This would save a lot of time for many people.

Erich