Julia v0.6.2, the second patch release in the 0.6 series of releases, is now available on Download Julia . As with 0.6.1, binaries are available on Linux (i686, x86-64, ARM v7, AArch64), macOS, and Windows (32- and 64-bit). It contains a number of bugfixes, so we recommend that everyone currently usi…

[image] juliohm: whenever I read ANN: in the title of a poster, the first thing that comes to mind is “Artificial Neural Networks” I go through the exact same train of thought every time.

Yes, I would suggest a more explicit “Announcement:” keyword in the title instead, but that is a minor detail. :slight_smile:

A dumb question - I wonder the easiest way to “upgrade”? Shall I just install the new version with all packages I need and simply leave the old version?

Unless you went with JuliaPro, which has a separate directory for storing your packages, everything will carry over from one minor version to the next. That is, all your Julia v0.6 packages will be stored in .julia/v0.6, and thus everything from 0.6.x will carry over to 0.6.y. But you would have a s…

[image] Elrod: Unless you went with JuliaPro, which has a separate directory for storing your packages, everything will carry over from one minor version to the next. That is, all your Julia v0.6 packages will be stored in .julia/v0.6, and thus everything from 0.6.x will carry over to 0.6.y. But…

Great! I wonder if, in the future, we could get a root directory name in the tarball that reflects the version instead of the git hash, at least for releases. Eg julia-v0.6.2 instead of julia-d386e40c17.

Any chance for portable installers for Windows?

The Julia installer for Windows is already portable: you select the unpacking directory, set the PATH env variable and you are done.

We have been through this discussion: [image] ANN: The JuliaPro distribution by Julia Computing Community Any progress with Portable Version? That would be amazing to have. [image] ANN: The JuliaPro distribution by Julia Computing Community …

Apologies, I thought you meant the standard distribution.

And now... Julia 0.6.2!

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I go through the exact same train of thought every time.

Topic		Replies	Views
Julia 0.6.0 released Announcements announcement , release	23	7856	July 4, 2017
ANN: Julia 0.6.1 is here! Announcements release	34	6682	November 17, 2017
Julia 0.5.2 release and 0.6.0 release candidate 1 available Announcements announcement , release	19	4820	April 29, 2018
Julia 0.6-alpha released, please update your projects Announcements announcement , release	8	5805	March 12, 2017
Julia 1.0.3 is now available Announcements release	22	6538	January 14, 2019

And now... Julia 0.6.2!

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