# Long-term support release (v1.0.3)

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/long-term-support-release-v1-0-3/21103>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [February 23, 2019, 3:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/long-term-support-release-v1-0-3/21103 "2019-02-23T03:53:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![abuAnat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/abuanat/32/23032_2.png) [@abuAnat](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/abuAnat)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 3:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/long-term-support-release-v1-0-3/21103/1 "2019-02-23T03:53:14Z")

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In the download page it is stated: Long-term support release (v1.0.3). What does that mean? should we stick to this version? Will the next stable release be (v2.0.x)?

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**Author:** ![kevbonham](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kevbonham/32/216165_2.png) [@kevbonham](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kevbonham)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 7:31am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/long-term-support-release-v1-0-3/21103/2 "2019-02-23T07:31:25Z")

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Perhaps this answers your question?

> [@Proposed release process and schedule](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/proposed-release-process-and-schedule/15623):
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> Now that we’ve released Julia 1.0 and are [close to 1.0.1](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-1-0-1-testing-period/15534) and have added some [new features](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pulls?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Apr+label%3Aenhancement) and [minor changes](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pulls?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Apr+label%3A%22minor+change%22) to the 1.1 development branch (i.e. master), it seems like time to talk about the future of the Julia release process. After various discussions in person, on Slack, and on this week’s triage call, it seems like there’s fairly solid consensus behind the following plan. Patch releases Patch releases increment the last digit of Julia’s version number, e.g. going from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1 curre…