There are various flavors of questions about using Drupal release tags, more specifically these tags: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
However I continue to struggle with when it is appropriate to actually use any of those tags. To illustrate my struggling, this is what the current tag excerpts are for some of them:
7 (and similar for 6): This tag is for questions regarding Drupal 7 specifically. Version tags should be used only when strictly necessary, for questions that apply to Drupal 7 only, and not to merely say "I am using Drupal 7 in my site."
8: Drupal 8 is the latest version of Drupal. Avoid using it as the only tag, unless your question is only specific to this version, and does not involve non-core features, or core features that already have their tags.
Here are the parts in the tag excerpt for 7 that are not clear to me:
Version tags should be used only when strictly necessary
when does that strictly necessary actually apply? Can you point me to any existing questions to illustrate where the 7 is appropriate, and also other existing questions to illustrate where the 7 is not appropriate?
for questions that apply to Drupal 7 only
When I post a question, is it OK to tag it with 7 to indicate "I only want to know the answers that apply to Drupal 7"? Can you point me to any existing questions to illustrate where the 7 is appropriate, and also other existing questions to illustrate where the 7 is not appropriate?
and not to merely say "I am using Drupal 7 in my site."
as per the not to merely here: it sounds if you want to indicate in your question that "you're using Drupal 7 in your site", you should not use the 7 tag. But, assuming I'm allowed to include in my question an indication that I'm using Drupal 7, how should I then add that information? In the question body, in the question title, in both?
Here are the parts in the tag excerpt for 8 that are not clear to me:
Avoid using it as the only tag, unless your question is only specific to this version,
when does that specific to this version actually apply? Can you point me to any existing questions to illustrate where the 8 is appropriate, and also other existing questions to illustrate where the 8 is not appropriate?
and does not involve non-core features, or core features that already have their tags.
I don't need to know when to not use this tag, but rather the reverse, i.e when to correctly use 8. Can you point me to any existing questions to illustrate where the 8 is appropriate, and also other existing questions to illustrate where the 8 is not appropriate?
Somehow related to the usage of the 7 tag (+ similar for 6, 8, etc):
For questions for which the title contains something like "Drupal 7", or "D7":
For questions for which the body contains some kind of indication about "Drupal 7" (or "D7"):
Notes:
- If you think the above should be obvious, clear, self explaining, then have a look at the revision history of this question.
- If you don't use version tags at all and include something like "Drupal X" in the question title, then these kind of edits may apply. So maybe I'm asking the wrong question, or maybe I should extend it to the title of a question also.