From: Alexandre Oliva Date: Sat, 30 May 2020 14:58:12 +0000 (-0400) Subject: Set up the repository. X-Git-Url: https://jxself.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c80d05038a6b2ea9e00c63d4709f4eba6b55cdd2;p=releases.git Set up the repository. --- c80d05038a6b2ea9e00c63d4709f4eba6b55cdd2 diff --git a/README b/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..638bc6776b6 --- /dev/null +++ b/README @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +GNU Linux-libre: + +This repository contains the GNU Linux-libre release archive. + +It is a bit unusual as far as git repositories go, in that it pretty +much does not contain branches, only tags. The goal is not to reflect +development history, but to preserve our release history in a far more +compact form than a collection of tarballs. + +Most tags are initial commits, so that, in case we find releases +containing non-Free Software, we can pull them back without affecting +subsequent releases. + +For each release, there are three tags: + +- The tag under sources has cleaned-up source tarballs. + +- The tag under scripts has the cleaning-up scripts. + +- The tag under logs records the modifications made by the scripts, +and GPG signatures of the verified tarballs.