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From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
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On 2004-11-08 07:56, TM4526@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 11/8/04 5:46:59 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> keramida@ceid.upatras.gr writes:
> >Releases are fixed points in time.  They are marked on their
> >respective branch of development and that's it.  A x.y-RELEASE
> >version is effectively a symbolic name for a specific moment in
> >time.
>
> Wow, thats what a "snapshot" used to be. How discouraging.

The semantic difference of a RELENG_X_Y_Z_RELEASE tag vs. a RELENG_X
branch is what I explained.

If you want to call it a "snapshot", then a snapshot it is.  A lot
more work than just a tagging is being put in every release than you
seem to imply though.  I see nothing discouraging about it.