Clarification on CVS Tags

[Lowell Gilbert]

Jason Williams <jwilliams at courtesymortgage.com> writes:

> Just out of curiosity, why would someone want to use:
> 
> RELENG_4_8_0_RELEASE?
> 
> Is there some type of benefit?
> One would think that the best option for production servers is:
> 
> RELENG_4_8

Basically, yes.

Tags are used for a number of reasons besides indicating what
end-users should cvsup.  It is very important to be able to reproduce
exactly what was in a given release, even if you're not recommending
that any new installations of that release.