Request for resumption of tagged releases

[slackjaw]

Please fill in the following fields:

Pre-built SDK from the website or open-source from this repo: This repo
Firebase C++ SDK version: latest
Firebase plugins in use (Auth, Database, etc.): N/A
Additional SDKs you are using (Facebook, AdMob, etc.): N/A
Platform you are using the C++ SDK on (Mac, Windows, or Linux): All
Platform you are targeting (iOS, Android, and/or desktop): All

Please describe the issue here:

There have been no releases tagged in this repo since Feb 25 (6.11.0), which is 5 versions behind the built versions on the main firebase page. It would be very helpful to resume tagging so we can download repo snapshots that are synced to changes documented in the release notes.

Please answer the following, if applicable:

N/A

What's the issue repro rate? (eg 100%, 1/5 etc)
100%

[chkuang-g]

That is weird. Thank you for reporting this and I will ping the team about this.

[chkuang-g]

Alright. Talked to the team.

The reason why this repo is not properly tagged is that the prebuilt version may cherrypick some changes for a particular release. And this repo is more like a snapshot of what the current code base look like.

We are currently in a process to change the build process. Once that is done, it should be much easier to tag a release and allow the developers to build libraries exactly the same to the prebuilt version.

Hope this answer your question!