# Julia v1.6.0-beta1 is now available

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-6-0-beta1-is-now-available/53065>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Tags:** release\
**Created:** [January 8, 2021, 9:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-6-0-beta1-is-now-available/53065 "2021-01-08T21:50:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![kimikage](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kimikage/32/14534_2.png) [@kimikage](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kimikage)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 9:14am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-6-0-beta1-is-now-available/53065/42 "2021-01-27T09:14:15Z")

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BTW, is the version for Windows something special? 😂

```julia
julia> versioninfo()
Julia Version 1.6.0-beta1.0
Commit b84990e1ac (2021-01-08 12:42 UTC)
Platform Info:
  OS: Windows (x86_64-w64-mingw32)
  CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8565U CPU @ 1.80GHz
  WORD_SIZE: 64
  LIBM: libopenlibm
  LLVM: libLLVM-11.0.0 (ORCJIT, skylake)

julia> VERSION == v"1.6.0-beta1"
false

```

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**Author:** ![SteffenPL](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/steffenpl/32/206270_2.png) [@SteffenPL](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/SteffenPL)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 9:20am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-6-0-beta1-is-now-available/53065/43 "2021-01-27T09:20:00Z")

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Are you maybe just missing the “.0” in `VERSION == v"1.6.0-beta1.0"`?

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**Author:** ![kimikage](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kimikage/32/14534_2.png) [@kimikage](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kimikage)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 9:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-6-0-beta1-is-now-available/53065/44 "2021-01-27T09:47:29Z")

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Yes, but it’s more that the `VERSION` seems to contain a gift.

**Edit:**

```julia
julia> Base.GIT_VERSION_INFO # Linux 64-bit
Base.GitVersionInfo("b84990e1acee72ea3c3b05487996f9bb8be0db2f", "b84990e1ac", "refs/pull/39149/merge", 0, "2021-01-08 12:42 UTC", true, 107, 1.607504458e9)

```

```julia
julia> Base.GIT_VERSION_INFO # Windows 64-bit
Base.GitVersionInfo("b84990e1acee72ea3c3b05487996f9bb8be0db2f", "b84990e1ac", "release-1.6", 0, "2021-01-08 12:42 UTC", false, 107, 1.607504458e9)

```

`tagged_commit`? 🤔

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