diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,10 +32,11 @@
 ## Remote (failure)
 
 ``` Python
+project = 'distutils2'
 # remote repository
-origin_url = 'https://www.mercurial-scm.org/repo/hello'
+origin_url = 'https://www.mercurial-scm.org/repo/%s' % project
 # local clone
-directory = '/home/storage/hg/repo/hello'
+directory = '/home/storage/hg/repo/%s' % project
 
 import logging
 logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
diff --git a/swh/loader/mercurial/bundle20_loader.py b/swh/loader/mercurial/bundle20_loader.py
--- a/swh/loader/mercurial/bundle20_loader.py
+++ b/swh/loader/mercurial/bundle20_loader.py
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@
     def load_directories(self):
         """This is where the work is done to convert manifest deltas from the
         repository bundle into SWH directories.
+
         """
         self.mnode_to_tree_id = {}
         cache_hints = self.br.build_manifest_hints()
@@ -324,7 +325,9 @@
                 yield header, tree, new_dirs
 
     def get_directories(self):
-        """Get the directories that need to be loaded."""
+        """Compute directories to load
+
+        """
         dirs = {}
         self.num_directories = 0
         for _, _, new_dirs in self.load_directories():
@@ -341,7 +344,9 @@
         dirs = {}
 
     def get_revisions(self):
-        """Get the revisions that need to be loaded."""
+        """Compute revisions to load
+
+        """
         revisions = {}
         self.num_revisions = 0
         for header, commit in self.br.yield_all_changesets():
@@ -420,12 +425,21 @@
         return node, name
 
     def get_releases(self):
-        """Get the releases that need to be loaded."""
-        self.num_releases = 0
-        releases = {}
-        missing_releases = []
+        """No release as they don't hold metadata information, it's referenced
+           directly in the snapshot (cf. get_snapshot method)
+
+        """
+        return []
+
+    def get_snapshot(self):
+        """Compute the snapshot to load
+
+        """
+        branches = {}
+        for name, target in self.heads.items():
+            branches[name] = {'target': target, 'target_type': 'revision'}
+
         for t in self.tags:
-            self.num_releases += 1
             node, name = self._read_tag(t)
             node = node.decode()
             node_bytes = hashutil.hash_to_bytes(node)
@@ -439,37 +453,10 @@
                               (name.decode(), node))
                 continue
             tgt_rev = self.node_2_rev[node_bytes]
-            release = {
-                'name': name,
+            branches[name] = {
                 'target': tgt_rev,
                 'target_type': 'revision',
-                'message': None,
-                'metadata': None,
-                'synthetic': False,
-                'author': {'name': None, 'email': None, 'fullname': b''},
-                'date': None
             }
-            id_hash = hashutil.hash_to_bytes(
-                identifiers.release_identifier(release))
-            release['id'] = id_hash
-            missing_releases.append(id_hash)
-            releases[id_hash] = release
-            self.releases[name] = id_hash
-
-        if missing_releases:
-            missing_releases = set(
-                self.storage.release_missing(missing_releases))
-
-        for _id in missing_releases:
-            yield releases[_id]
-
-    def get_snapshot(self):
-        """Get the snapshot that need to be loaded."""
-        branches = {}
-        for name, target in self.heads.items():
-            branches[name] = {'target': target, 'target_type': 'revision'}
-        for name, target in self.releases.items():
-            branches[name] = {'target': target, 'target_type': 'release'}
 
         snap = {
             'id': None,