Julia version 1.12.0-rc1, the first release candidate for the upcoming 1.12 series of releases, is now available. Binaries are available via JuliaUp and in the upcoming release section of https://julialang.org/downloads/ for macOS (Intel and M-series processors), Windows (x86 and x86-64), glibc Linux (x86, x86-64, AArch64), musl Linux (x86-64), and FreeBSD (x86-64). Binaries for glibc Linux on PowerPC are not currently available for this version.
As a release candidate, 1.12.0-rc1 should not be considered production-ready. Rather, it’s intended to give users, especially package developers, a chance to try out their code with 1.12.0 prior to a full release. Check out the NEWS file to see what will be new in 1.12.0, and see here for a list of commits included since 1.12.0-beta4.
Note that 1.12 on Cirrus, Travis, and AppVeyor now refers to 1.12.0-rc1. On GitHub Actions, use ~1.12.0-0 or similar (see the setup-julia action’s README for options).