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Please support publishing pre-releases

See original GitHub issue

When publishing to the Microsoft Marketplace, you can specify --pre-release, so that the extension appears as a “pre-release” in the Marketplace, and VS Code users will not automatically upgrade to that version (unless the user explicitly requested pre-releases).

Would this be something that OpenVSX could support as well?

Expected:

Ability to publish a new vsix with --pre-release
https://open-vsx.org website and API showing the new vsix as “pre-release”
Editors like VS Codium and Gitpod will only automatically upgrade extensions to “stable” versions (unless the user specifies they do want “pre-releases”)

Issue Analytics

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Created 2 years ago
Reactions:5
Comments:6 (6 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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spoenemanncommented, Dec 16, 2021

Ok, then we’ve been using this flag in a wrong way in Open VSX. Whoever works on this issue should correct the usage of preview as well.

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jeanp413commented, Dec 16, 2021

Just to add to what @filiptronicek already said. From the description of preview flag in vscode source code preview: 'Sets the extension to be flagged as a Preview in the Marketplace.' so the only thing it does is show the preview badge in the marketplace. Also from this comment https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/15756#issuecomment-440804527

“Preview” is currently being used by some extensions for their “release” versions that are not considered “feature complete” enough for 1.0,

Original issue https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/15756

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