# Pre-release versions of packages
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pre-release-versions-of-packages/26926
**Category:** Internals & Design
**Tags:** question
**Created:** [July 29, 2019, 7:25am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pre-release-versions-of-packages/26926 "2019-07-29T07:25:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
**Page:** 2
### Author:  [@MilesCranmer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/MilesCranmer)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2025, 3:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pre-release-versions-of-packages/26926/22 "2025-06-16T15:14:02Z")
Thanks Stefan; here is the new thread by the way: [Can we have pre-release versions in the registry? (v2)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-we-have-pre-release-versions-in-the-registry-v2/129887)
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### Author:  [@giordano](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/giordano)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pre-release-versions-of-packages/26926/23 "2025-06-16T15:40:20Z")
> [@StefanKarpinski](#):
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> The syntax the registry uses for deps and compat stuff doesn’t really work with pre-releases. As long as pre-releases and releases have the same deps and compat then it should be fine but this doesn’t seem possible to guarantee.
Is that true for pre-releases? I thought it was an issue only for build numbers.
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### Author:  [@StefanKarpinski](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/StefanKarpinski)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pre-release-versions-of-packages/26926/24 "2025-06-16T17:32:57Z")
It’s worse for prereleases: the dash is the issue.
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