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I've just noticed a new release, 2.0.20.beta1. Are we skipping 2.0.10?

You are looking for sense in that, but I don't see why it's not `2.0.1-beta1` like semver dictates.

The same is true for the other Kotlin version numbers.

I guess "2.0.20" (two o twentie) just sounds good

I don't think Kotlin releases have ever used semver.

I see what you might refer to...

There is a tag <https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin/releases/tag/build-2.0.10-RC-493> which is one hour old

Yes, but that's just a tag. It's tagged as "release candidate" but there's no published release.

On the topic of semver, there is an advantage to not using it: I find it easier to remember a 3-part version number like `1.9.24` rather than a 4-part number like `1.9.2.4`.

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By only looking at this screenshot it indeed looks like a mistake

The release should be 2.0.10

The 2.0.20 versions are "dev"

The 2.0.10 was RC

&gt; On the topic of semver, there is an advantage to not using it: I find it easier to remember a 3-part version number like `1.9.24` rather than a 4-part number like `1.9.2.4`.
That's a good point. :thinking_face:

I don't know why - it's just one extra dot, but it seems to make the number less snazzy, albeit more logical.

there will be 2.0.10, don't worry :slightly_smiling_face:
2.0.10 - bug fix release for 2.0.0
2.0.20 - tooling release (<https://kotlinlang.org/docs/releases.html>)
2.0.21 - bug fix release for 2.0.20
and so on :slightly_smiling_face:
It's just 2.0.20-Beta1

just in case, AFAIR, it's 2.0.10 and not 2.0.01 because some tooling/external service doesn't support such format

Thanks Oleg, that explains a lot :slightly_smiling_face:

<https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2017/09/kotlin-1-1-50-is-out/#versioning-scheme-change|https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2017/09/kotlin-1-1-50-is-out/#versioning-scheme-change>

Thank you. That clears it up. 

As always JavaScript is the problem. :smiling_imp: :smile: 

So the tooling release is 2.0.20, and its bugfix release will be 2.0.10? That's what I got from the docs.

It's a bit weird having to lower the version.

Or if 2.0.10 is a bugfix release for 2.0.0, should I stay on 2.0.20, or go down to 2.0.10?

As I said in <https://kotlinlang.slack.com/archives/C09222272/p1718711578775249?thread_ts=1718707481.900839&amp;channel=C09222272&amp;message_ts=1718711578.775249|https://kotlinlang.slack.com/archives/C09222272/p1718711578775249?thread_ts=1718707481.900839&amp;channel=C09222272&amp;message_ts=1718711578.775249>
No need to downgrade

Sounds good. Thanks! 
It's still weird to have a 2.0.20 released before a 2.0.10, but I get how it works now at least

Maybe I'm too used to semver that I can't reason in other terms lol

2.0.20 is not released yet :)
It’s Just beta

It’s like having some library with version 3.2.0 and than 3.1.5 is released 
Though, yeah, semver doesn’t work for languages I believe :)