Labels? (Was: Re: revision/version numbers)

[Alan Dayley]

Jim.Hyslop wrote:
> address@hidden [mailto:address@hidden wrote:
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> > Labels are not immutable; they can be moved around.  Some 
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> Then the label should clearly indicate it's the "latest version". A version
> handed off to QA is not the latest version, and should have a unique label.
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> So don't label every build. You label the *important* builds - the ones that

I am confused a bit.  All this talk of "labels" makes wonder if I missed 
a CVS concept somewhere.

Is a "label" a special kind of tag?  Or, is there as CVS "label 
operation" to make a label as opposed to a tag?

Alan