# How can we encourage Julia package developers to release version 1.0.0?

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**Category:** Community\
**Tags:** package, release, pkg, development, releases\
**Created:** [September 24, 2019, 6:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-can-we-encourage-julia-package-developers-to-release-version-1-0-0/29124 "2019-09-24T18:06:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![tkf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tkf/32/17635_2.png) [@tkf](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tkf)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2019, 1:06am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-can-we-encourage-julia-package-developers-to-release-version-1-0-0/29124/10 "2019-09-25T01:06:12Z")

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For anybody interested in this topic, I highly recommend watching Rich Hickey’s talk explaining why SemVer is bad (if you bump major version you might as well change the name) and how Go implemented a similar idea in a SemVer-compatible way.

[![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/1/6/164f6078294275df6665ecd21cdafad30f8950cb.jpeg "Spec-ulation Keynote - Rich Hickey") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyLBGkS5ICk)

[![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/f/0/f05fbd1e121e907967dbf70191c900ddc5f74f1a.jpeg "Opening keynote: Go with Versions - GopherConSG 2018") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8nrpe0XWRg)

I know the previous discussion on how Go’s major bump strategy may not fit well with nominal typing in Julia ([Pkg3 vs. Go's vgo](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg3-vs-gos-vgo/10154)) but there is a recent proposal in Julia’s issue tracker that makes a similar strategy possible (optionally) [Taking package names less seriously · Issue #33047 · JuliaLang/julia · GitHub](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/33047)

I am not arguing that Go’s strategy should be recommended unconditionally. I just think it’s a good view point to understand before advocating 1.0 in Julia ecosystem.

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