# Will Julia 1.8 be the last 1.x release?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/will-julia-1-8-be-the-last-1-x-release/67092>\
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**Created:** [August 27, 2021, 11:21am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/will-julia-1-8-be-the-last-1-x-release/67092 "2021-08-27T11:21:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![greatpet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@greatpet](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/greatpet)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 11:21am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/will-julia-1-8-be-the-last-1-x-release/67092/1 "2021-08-27T11:21:15Z")

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Purely speculative - is it true that the 1.x series will wrap up soon before development shifts to 2.0? For example, should I expect 1.7 to be the last “feature release”, and 1.8 to be a “transitional release” to provide an upgrade path to 2.0?

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**Author:** ![DNF](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/dnf/32/10191_2.png) [@DNF](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/DNF)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 11:27am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/will-julia-1-8-be-the-last-1-x-release/67092/2 "2021-08-27T11:27:26Z")

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Where have you heard anything like that? Everything I’ve heard about this is that 2.0 is “years away”, and that the devs are committed to a _long_ v1 cycle. Have I misread that?

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**Author:** ![Sukera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sukera](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Sukera)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 11:28am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/will-julia-1-8-be-the-last-1-x-release/67092/3 "2021-08-27T11:28:50Z")

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That’s the first I’m hearing of this, how did you get that impression? As far as I know, no breaking changes are planned for the foreseeable future, though some have been created as issues on github to make sure they’re not lost to time. They’ll be looked at when 2.0 is considered (they’re breaking after all), but their existence doesn’t mean that 2.0 will happen anytime soon.

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**Author:** ![mbauman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mbauman/32/31082_2.png) [@mbauman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbauman)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 2:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/will-julia-1-8-be-the-last-1-x-release/67092/4 "2021-08-27T14:46:25Z")

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No, no, and no.

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**Author:** ![Keno](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/keno/32/285_2.png) [@Keno](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Keno)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 2:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/will-julia-1-8-be-the-last-1-x-release/67092/5 "2021-08-27T14:46:28Z")

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> [@greatpet](#):
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> Purely speculative - is it true that the 1.x series will wrap up soon before development shifts to 2.0?

No