# Final Upgradathon Friday tomorrow (Aug 3rd, 2018)

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/final-upgradathon-friday-tomorrow-aug-3rd-2018/12845
**Category:** Community
**Created:** [August 3, 2018, 3:54am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/final-upgradathon-friday-tomorrow-aug-3rd-2018/12845 "2018-08-03T03:54:52Z")
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### Author: ![Keno](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/keno/32/285_2.png) [@Keno](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Keno)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2018, 3:54am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/final-upgradathon-friday-tomorrow-aug-3rd-2018/12845/1 "2018-08-03T03:54:52Z")

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We’re getting very close to the release. We should have 0.7-rc2 binaries by morning. Here’s your chance to upgrade and test your packages before 0.7 gets released to make sure everything works nice and smooth for your users. As usual, we’ll be hanging out on the #upgradathon channel on Slack (until we have to leave for the airport). Come by for help upgrading your package and see the upgrade guide in the original post: [[ANN] Introducing Upgradathon Fridays](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-introducing-upgradathon-fridays/12047).

I look forward to seeing everybody at JuliaCon.

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### Author: ![Tamas\_Papp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tamas_papp/32/25949_2.png) [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2018, 8:10am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/final-upgradathon-friday-tomorrow-aug-3rd-2018/12845/2 "2018-08-03T08:10:36Z")

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I have seen that `VERSION` has been set to `1.0.0-DEV` has on `master` after `0.7.0-rc2`. I have been pulling from the repo and compiling frequently; for preparing my packages to `v0.7` should I now stick to the release candidates, or can I remain on `master`?

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### Author: ![tobias.knopp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tobias.knopp/32/7551_2.png) [@tobias.knopp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tobias.knopp)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2018, 8:31am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/final-upgradathon-friday-tomorrow-aug-3rd-2018/12845/3 "2018-08-03T08:31:40Z")

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there should be a branch for 0.7 that you can follow.

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### Author: ![Tamas\_Papp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tamas_papp/32/25949_2.png) [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2018, 8:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/final-upgradathon-friday-tomorrow-aug-3rd-2018/12845/4 "2018-08-03T08:53:46Z")

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Is that `release-0.7`?

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### Author: ![tobias.knopp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tobias.knopp/32/7551_2.png) [@tobias.knopp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tobias.knopp)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2018, 10:32am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/final-upgradathon-friday-tomorrow-aug-3rd-2018/12845/5 "2018-08-03T10:32:28Z")

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yes

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### Author: ![kevbonham](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kevbonham/32/216165_2.png) [@kevbonham](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kevbonham)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2018, 4:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/final-upgradathon-friday-tomorrow-aug-3rd-2018/12845/6 "2018-08-03T16:50:52Z")

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I asked in slack yesterday and [posted to discourse](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/loaderror-in-macro-on-0-7/12862) a little bit ago, but I’ve got a macro error in someone else’s package that’s blocking my upgrades. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated 🙂
