[GHC] #1393: Tag source tree with successful bootstraps

[Malcolm Wallace]

GHC <trac at galois.com> wrote:

> #1393: Tag source tree with successful bootstraps
> ------- Comment (by claus):
> 
>  i've been bitten by that, too. but given the time needed for build
>  tests, the buildbots would have to tag the repos before starting
>  their build,

Not so!  Darcs is _distributed_ version control after all.  The buildbot
could tag its own repo only if the build succeeded.  Pushing the tag to
the main repo identifies the particular patch-set that worked, _even_ if
newer patches have since been pushed to the main repo.

Regards,
    Malcolm
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