[GH-ISSUE #1009] Where should "[alpha|beta] version" be defined? #7597

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opened 2026-06-20 17:42:55 -05:00 by GiteaMirror · 2 comments
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Originally created by @FlyingSavannahs on GitHub (Mar 2, 2024).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/semver/semver/issues/1009

"alpha" & "beta" terms are used in the versioning examples in this document but are never defined. If not here, then where?

Originally created by @FlyingSavannahs on GitHub (Mar 2, 2024). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/semver/semver/issues/1009 "alpha" & "beta" terms are used in the versioning examples in this document but are never defined. If not here, then where?
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@ljharb commented on GitHub (Mar 2, 2024):

They're just arbitrary prerelease identifiers - they can be any string, "alpha" and "beta" are just conventionally common.

<!-- gh-comment-id:1974917735 --> @ljharb commented on GitHub (Mar 2, 2024): They're just arbitrary prerelease identifiers - they can be any string, "alpha" and "beta" are just conventionally common.
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@steveklabnik commented on GitHub (Mar 25, 2024):

That's correct.

<!-- gh-comment-id:2018795583 --> @steveklabnik commented on GitHub (Mar 25, 2024): That's correct.
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