Re: Glibc stable release process (Glibc 2.26.1)

[Paul Eggert <eggert at cs dot ucla dot edu>]

On 10/16/2017 10:34 AM, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> The difference is where the identification comes from:
>    - a tag is generated is one location: upstream;
>    - git-describe is local and arbitrary to each downstream.
If you're just cloning from glibc upstream, then git-describe is not 
arbitrary to each downstream; it's the same for each downstream copy, 
and it's a portable identifier for whatever commit you choose.

If you're not just cloning, then you need a version number of your own 
anyway, as your version won't exactly match any upstream tags.

So I don't see the advantage of point-release tags for the scenario you 
describe.