# Racket v8.6 Release Thread

**URL:** <https://racket.discourse.group/t/racket-v8-6-release-thread/1091>\
**Category:** Internals\
**Tags:** release-management\
**Created:** [June 22, 2022, 4:42pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/racket-v8-6-release-thread/1091 "2022-06-22T16:42:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![samth](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/samth/32/3_2.png) [@samth](https://racket.discourse.group/u/samth)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 1:34pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/racket-v8-6-release-thread/1091/30 "2022-08-23T13:34:04Z")

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For 8.6, people seem to want the tag not to change so deleting it sounds like it would not be the right choice. In general it seems like we should consider figuring out how to make point releases easier to make, since downstream consumers are unhappy when we change things after the release.

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