# Is master converging to v0.7?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-master-converging-to-v0-7/11840>\
**Category:** Internals & Design\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [June 21, 2018, 6:40am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-master-converging-to-v0-7/11840 "2018-06-21T06:40:45Z")\
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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:** [June 21, 2018, 6:40am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-master-converging-to-v0-7/11840/1 "2018-06-21T06:40:46Z")

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Since `v0.7.0-alpha`, `master` has seen quite a bit of activity.

For someone who is preparing for `v0.7` (migrating packages, or just checking things out), does it make sense to follow `master` at the moment, up until the release of `v0.7`, instead of using the “upcoming release” `alpha` [binaries](https://julialang.org/downloads/)?

The motivation for doing this is to get bug fixes and performance improvements ([eg](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/with-missings-julia-is-slower-than-r/11838/7)). The disadvantage could be if `master` diverges from the branch that is being prepared for release—some software projects do this but it is unclear if Julia does.

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**Author:** ![StefanKarpinski](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/stefankarpinski/32/24_2.png) [@StefanKarpinski](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/StefanKarpinski)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 7:59am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-master-converging-to-v0-7/11840/2 "2018-06-21T07:59:05Z")

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There has been fairly minimal breaking changes after 0.7-alpha and very few more will happen before 0.7-beta. So yes, it is converging. This is a good time to upgrade things with the caveat that some Pkg3 stuff is still being worked out since this is the first chance it’s had to be tested and get feedback.