# Current 0.5 release?

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/current-0-5-release/2041
**Category:** Internals & Design
**Created:** [February 11, 2017, 4:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/current-0-5-release/2041 "2017-02-11T16:31:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![lobingera](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/lobingera/32/211_2.png) [@lobingera](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lobingera)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2017, 4:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/current-0-5-release/2041/1 "2017-02-11T16:31:14Z")

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my (0.5) julia reports

```julia
               _
   _ _ _(_)_ | A fresh approach to technical computing
  (_) | (_) (_) | Documentation: http://docs.julialang.org
   _ _ _| |_ __ _ | Type "?help" for help.
  | | | | | | |/ _` | |
  | | |_| | | | (_| | | Version 0.5.1-pre+2 (2016-09-20 03:34 UTC)
 _/ |\ __'_|_|_|\__'_| | Commit f0d40ec* (144 days old release-0.5)
|__/ | x86_64-linux-gnu

```

Is this really the latest 0.5?

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### Author: ![mindbound](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mindbound/32/587_2.png) [@mindbound](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mindbound)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2017, 5:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/current-0-5-release/2041/2 "2017-02-11T17:00:37Z")

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It appears that way. The latest release on GitHub is [0.5.0, dated 19.09.2016](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/releases/tag/v0.5.0).

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### Author: ![ChrisRackauckas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/chrisrackauckas/32/77_2.png) [@ChrisRackauckas](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ChrisRackauckas)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2017, 5:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/current-0-5-release/2041/3 "2017-02-11T17:51:30Z")

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Yes. There hasn’t been a v0.5.x.

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### Author: ![lobingera](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/lobingera/32/211_2.png) [@lobingera](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lobingera)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2017, 5:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/current-0-5-release/2041/4 "2017-02-11T17:55:00Z")

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This i knew. But the version number with [quote=“lobingera, post:1, topic:2041”]  
0.5.1-pre+2  
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looked strange, so i wondered if i just had stopped to pull and compile at one point in time…

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### Author: ![ChrisRackauckas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/chrisrackauckas/32/77_2.png) [@ChrisRackauckas](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ChrisRackauckas)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2017, 5:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/current-0-5-release/2041/5 "2017-02-11T17:59:47Z")

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I’m not sure why it’s +2, but it’s the v0.5.1-pre because v0.5.1 hasn’t been released. I think @tkelman is managing that branch so he’d know more.