What is the meaning of pre-release version x.x.x-next in semantic versioning, for example 6.0.0-next.0, 6.0.0-next.1, 6.0.0-next.2? I saw this terminology at least in angular and npm projects. Is this replacement of legacy alpha, beta, rc nomenclature? I haven't seen any explonation why these projects are using that terminology.
What -next means in semantic versioning
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Per the spec in https://semver.org (2.0.0), item 9, there's nothing official about alpha, beta, or rc nomenclature. These just happen to appear in several examples throughout the spec. next is an equally legitimate pre-release identifier per the published BNF grammar.
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