# Package status expectation

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-status-expectation/70341>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question, package\
**Created:** [October 25, 2021, 3:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-status-expectation/70341 "2021-10-25T15:40:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Eric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/eric/32/25565_2.png) [@Eric](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Eric)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2021, 3:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-status-expectation/70341/1 "2021-10-25T15:40:02Z")

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I started a package, and it seemed natural to begin with “alpha” status, which I thought conveyed that it is new and should be tested carefully before choosing to depend on it.

Now I am trying to look ahead and hope that after more testing and more user feedback, it will go to “beta” and later down the road as “production”.

Because I would like the package to fit in, I wondered if there is such guidance on the criteria that should be met for a package to belong in a particular “status”. I am putting many words between quotes because I am not sure I am using the most appropriate words. Maybe some discussion about that already happened, I did not find it, please point me to it. Otherwise, please kindly let me know your thoughts.