Re: Source release contents vs GitHub/GitLab mirrors

[Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf@...>]

> the release dates on the versions page  and the dates of the release tar.gz files don't match up except occasionally.

The date on the tar file is the date of the last release candidate. We
wait a week or so before freezing this rc, and so the release dates on
the versions page are slightly later. The frozen version is exactly
the same as the last rc; it is not repackaged to avoid mistakes.

See for instance
http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2022-01/msg00147.html
http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2022-01/msg00169.html