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Pre? Preview?

Discussion in '2020.2 Beta' started by Hyp-X, Nov 20, 2020.

  1. Hyp-X

    Hyp-X

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    After installing beta 12 I noticed new package versions with new naming conventions in the PackageManager:

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    What does "pre" mean? How does it relate to "preview".
    I noticed that PackageManager doesn't recognize it as preview.
    Is this intentional?
     
    Hyp-X, Nov 20, 2020
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  2. print_helloworld

    print_helloworld

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    Y-Ye-Yes

    Joke aside: they have packages that have the word preview in them, so perhaps the pre stands for some else?
     
    Last edited: Nov 23, 2020
    print_helloworld, Nov 23, 2020
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  3. florianhanke

    florianhanke

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    In semantic versioning, which afaik Unity uses, it's in the pre-release spot (https://semver.org). So it probably does not relate to preview directly. Unity has used alpha, beta, perhaps they use "pre" as a generic pre-release name after alpha and beta…? (Or perhaps they use it to mean an rc/release candidate)
     
    florianhanke, Nov 23, 2020
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