readme update, clarifications on tagging.

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Harald Hope 2018-03-22 18:29:39 -07:00
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@ -15,15 +15,25 @@ NOTE: I have deleted the master-plain branch to avoid confusion
since I've removed the legacy .gz files from the branch, which were since I've removed the legacy .gz files from the branch, which were
only reasons for its existence. only reasons for its existence.
Every commit is auto-tagged. There ar NO releases, don't even dream I auto tag commits I that I feel are somewhat complete at that stage
of pretending a tagged release holds any significance at all. I only of the coding. There ar NO releases, don't even dream of pretending
added auto tagging to get the maintainers to stop annoying me about a tagged release holds any significance at all. I only added auto tagging
tagging. There is NO repeat NO meaning to the fact a commit is tagged. to get the maintainers to stop annoying me about tagging. There is
NO repeat NO meaning to the fact a commit is tagged. A tag is a pointer
to a commit, and has no further meaning.
Every current commit is the active release, all past commits are not Every current commit is the active release, all past commits are not
supported. Tagging has ZERO meaning, it's purely a formality that supported. Tagging has ZERO meaning, it's purely a formality that
certain distros can't figure out how to do without, that's all. certain distros can't figure out how to do without, that's all.
NOTE: JUST BECAUSE GITHUB CALLS MY TAGGED COMMITS 'RELEASES' DOES
NOT REPEAT NOT MEAN THEY ARE RELEASES!!! Got it? I can't change the
words on the tag page. They are tagged commmits, period. I did not
want to use tags precisely to avoid the idea that inxi has any release
that exists that is other than it's current master version, but I
decided that it was less pain to add tags than to argue this point
any further.
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DEVELOPMENT BRANCH: DEVELOPMENT BRANCH:
All active development is now done on the inxi-perl branch: All active development is now done on the inxi-perl branch: