# Julia 0.7.0-beta is now available

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-0-7-0-beta-is-now-available/11948>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Tags:** release\
**Created:** [June 25, 2018, 8:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-0-7-0-beta-is-now-available/11948 "2018-06-25T20:47:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 12\
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**Author:** ![piever](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/piever/32/1815_2.png) [@piever](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/piever)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 12:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-0-7-0-beta-is-now-available/11948/22 "2018-06-27T12:25:33Z")

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> [@kristoffer.carlsson](#):
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> The only issue is changing the layout of `struct` s which AFAIU requires a restart, but is something that you do quite often when developing.

Will it be feasible to change that in the Julia 1.x timeframe? It’s the main thing I miss from the old `reload` and since `reload` is deprecated I was curious what were the alternatives.

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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 27, 2018, 12:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-0-7-0-beta-is-now-available/11948/23 "2018-06-27T12:52:54Z")

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This is what the beta is for: to get people to upgrade their packages 🙂

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**Author:** ![tim.holy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tim.holy/32/52_2.png) [@tim.holy](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tim.holy)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 3:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-0-7-0-beta-is-now-available/11948/24 "2018-06-27T15:54:20Z")

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It’s a hard problem but perhaps not impossible: [https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/22721](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/22721)

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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:** [June 27, 2018, 4:07pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-0-7-0-beta-is-now-available/11948/25 "2018-06-27T16:07:24Z")

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Join us in #upgradathon on slack, and I’d be happy to assign packages from the priority list to anybody who wants to help out.

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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:** [June 27, 2018, 4:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-0-7-0-beta-is-now-available/11948/26 "2018-06-27T16:50:43Z")

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Is there some place where one can track, which packages are already usable under 0.7?

just tried registering for slack but [https://slackinvite.julialang.org](https://slackinvite.julialang.org) is not helpful.

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**Author:** ![mcreel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mcreel/32/30088_2.png) [@mcreel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mcreel)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 4:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-0-7-0-beta-is-now-available/11948/27 "2018-06-27T16:50:57Z")

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Regarding slack, there appears to be a problem with [https://slackinvite.julialang.org/](https://slackinvite.julialang.org/), it’s pointing to a personal page at the moment.

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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:** [June 27, 2018, 5:03pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-0-7-0-beta-is-now-available/11948/28 "2018-06-27T17:03:26Z")

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Should be back up.

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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:** [July 9, 2018, 9:30am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-0-7-0-beta-is-now-available/11948/29 "2018-07-09T09:30:19Z")

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Regarding breaking changes: does this refer to the language + `Base`, or also the standard libraries?

I am asking because it is my impression that Pkg3 is still being developed very actively, with changes which are occasionally breaking in the technical sense as the optimal interface is hammered out. This is fine, as I find that it brings unprecedented convenience and fixes a lot of outstanding issues and feature requests, and the developers are doing great work. But is it fair to say that things will be in motion with Pkg3 for a while?

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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:** [July 9, 2018, 12:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-0-7-0-beta-is-now-available/11948/30 "2018-07-09T12:28:54Z")

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More changes were required post-alpha/beta for the package manager since before the alpha no one had really used it or given any feedback. We’ve gotten that feedback now and made many big fixes and workflow improvements and a few breaking changes to code loading since the alpha. For better or worse, we’re mostly done with Pkg interface changes now and entirely done with breaking code loading changes. Since Pkg is a stdlib and an interactive tool, it will evolove more quickly between 1.x versions of Julia itself than Base or non-interactive stdlibs but we’ll try hard to keep old examples and CI scripts working as we do so.

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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:** [July 10, 2018, 6:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-0-7-0-beta-is-now-available/11948/31 "2018-07-10T06:47:34Z")

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> [@StefanKarpinski](#):
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> Pkg is a stdlib and an interactive tool, it will evolove more quickly between 1.x versions of Julia itself than Base or non-interactive stdlibs

Can you please clarify this? Does this mean that while the version of `Pkg` in the standard library for stable versions will naturally be updated when a new release is made, users will be encouraged to update to newer stable versions of `Pkg` between releases?

Does the same apply to other packages in the standard library?

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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:** [July 10, 2018, 12:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-0-7-0-beta-is-now-available/11948/32 "2018-07-10T12:29:35Z")

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> [@Pkg3 plan and status](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg3-plan-and-status/9763/18):
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> In 1.0 all stdlibs, including Pkg3, are fixed. In some 1.x version, however, we will change that and make it possible to use different stdlib package versions than the Julia version. Since dependencies on stdlibs must be explicitly recorded in your projects already in 1.0, and it’s possible to record the version of a stdlib package that your project depends on in its manifest file, once we support using different stdlib versions, that will allow you to upgrade Julia itself to version 1.x and kee…

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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:** [July 10, 2018, 12:39pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-0-7-0-beta-is-now-available/11948/33 "2018-07-10T12:39:59Z")

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Thanks for the clarification, it is good to know that the previous position is unchanged.

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