OK, thanks Alex!

The reversion to 1.10.1.561 for un-versioned tools-deps images (and the 
publishing of that tag at all) is now live on Docker Hub.

Stable releases only moving forward.

On Thursday, August 13, 2020 at 7:30:44 PM UTC-6 Alex Miller wrote:

> On Thursday, August 13, 2020 at 10:32:45 AM UTC-5 cap10...@gmail.com 
> wrote:
>
>> I was recently made aware in a separate thread in this group* that, until 
>> very recently, the tools-deps versions that were being installed via the 
>> main Homebrew tap's clojure installer included some versions considered 
>> unstable. As of the day I'm writing this, the latest stable version is 
>> 1.10.1.561.
>>
>> I had been updating the official clojure:tools-deps (& :latest since it 
>> includes all three build tools we support) Docker image when that Homebrew 
>> build updated, but am now planning to take steps to revert back to stable 
>> versions only.
>>
>> So, I have a couple of questions:
>>
>> 1. For Alex Miller or other Cognitect folks: What's the best place to 
>> monitor for new stable tools-deps releases (to trigger Docker image 
>> updates)? Are updates to Cognitect's clojure/tools/clojure Homebrew tap 
>> sufficient?
>>
>
> To answer the last question first, no - we update prerelease versions 
> there all the time and those generally shouldn't be used to build new 
> images (and sometimes there are manual changes too).
>
> For current stable version, you can watch either:
>
> https://github.com/clojure/homebrew-tools/blob/master/Formula/clojure.rb 
> (the actual formula) or
> https://github.com/clojure/brew-install/blob/1.10.1/stable.properties 
> (the data file)
>  
>
>> 2. Does anyone have a need for Docker images with unstable tools-deps 
>> versions? I'm not planning on building them unless the community has a need 
>> for them. If I do build them, they would be available under 
>> version-specific tags (e.g. clojure:tools-deps-1.10.1.619) but the 
>> clojure:tools-deps tag would get you the latest stable release.
>>
>
> I don't think it's relevant to have every one of them for sure. I 
> sometimes release multiple per day even. People might occasionally need a 
> prerelease version, don't know. I'm hoping not to make the gaps too large 
> between stable versions. The goal of the prereleases is really tire kicking 
> and feedback on imminent stuff, but don't I expect it to get too for off of 
> stable.
>  
>
>> It's also worth pointing out that the unstable versions we've already 
>> released won't disappear, so if you're using them, feel free to continue. 
>> If you want to ensure you stay on that version, be sure to specify it in 
>> your image tag (e.g. in the FROM line of your Dockerfile).
>>
>> * Classpath bug re Clojure 1.10.1.645 when using Figwheel.Main 
>> <https://groups.google.com/u/2/g/clojure/c/WI3ddZRK4Bg>
>>
>

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