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Request for next or latest-alpha alias to match Current / Alpha #25
This is related to #23 which suggests that the latest alias be documented as
latest: pointing to the release with the highest non-prerelease semver, any line except Alpha phase
In this case there is no alias available that points to the highest semver including Alpha releases.
Suggestion
Add an alias such as next that points to the highest semver, including Alpha releases. next is commonly used as a tag in the npm registry to denote a pre-release version.
During an Alpha phase this would be the Alpha release, and at the end of the Alpha release, this would transition to the same release line in its Current phase.
For example, at the moment, that would mean:
Node.js
Phase
Status
Alias
v27.0.0-alpha.0.0.0
Alpha
highest semver
next (suggestion)
v26.13.0
Active LTS
highest non-prerelease semver
latest
On 2027-04-22 that would converge to:
Node.js
Phase
Status
Alias
v27.0.0
Current
highest semver
next (suggestion)
v27.0.0
Current
highest non-prerelease semver
latest
latest-alpha would also be a possibility that speaks to its contents. In that case, it would have to exclude the current release and only be used for alpha releases.
changed the title [-]Request for `next` alias to match Current / Alpha[/-][+]Request for `next` or `latest-alpha` alias to match Current / Alpha[/+]on Nov 11, 2026
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[-]Request for `next` alias to match Current / Alpha[/-][+]Request for `next` or `latest-alpha` alias to match Current / Alpha[/+]