Commits on May 25, 2021

1. nixos/doc/releases: Do not tag the release …

   I have seen a customer use the release tag as a pinned version
   and the same can happen in flake input urls or similar input
   configs, like `niv --branch`.
   This results in a out of date version of the _all_ system
   packages, putting users at risk of security vulnerabilities
   and other issues that are addressed during the lifetime of a
   Nixpkgs/NixOS release.
   
   So clearly the tag poses a risk, but does it have a benefit?
   I don't think so. It does not name the branch-off point, so we
   don't need it for git operations. It does not represent the
   best or canonical version of the release either, as further
   fixes always occur after the release date. If it were the case,
   we'd tag all channel updates, but we don't, so for the same
   reasons, we should not tag the release.

   

   roberth committed May 25, 2021
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