Merging to the release_1_6 branch

[Rainer Müller]

Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> On May 27, 2008, at 6:28 PM, Rainer Müller wrote:
> 
>> Hm, this sounds like you propose here to make release branches  
>> without using tags.
> 
> No.  From the very beginning of my proposal (please go back and read  
> my first message again) I have suggested making releases WITH tags.   
> WITH.
If you are going to change a copy, it is not a tag. A tag is immutable. 
So, you make a branch as you proposed to change it later. Please stick 
to the usual terminology.

Rainer