# Racket v8.7 Release Thread

**URL:** <https://racket.discourse.group/t/racket-v8-7-release-thread/1343>\
**Category:** Internals\
**Tags:** release-management, dev\
**Created:** [October 2, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/racket-v8-7-release-thread/1343 "2022-10-02T15:38:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![LiberalArtist](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/liberalartist/32/151_2.png) [@LiberalArtist](https://racket.discourse.group/u/LiberalArtist)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 10:59pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/racket-v8-7-release-thread/1343/5 "2022-10-16T22:59:47Z")

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Yes, I've just written back. Tl;dr the simple part should be simple, but you were right about:

> [@Racket v8.6 Release Thread](https://racket.discourse.group/t/racket-v8-6-release-thread/1091/29):
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> One challenge in testing this manual makefile update are that the catalog itself must be available in order to test it, which is why this update occurs after testing is complete.

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