[ANN] opam 2.6.0~alpha1

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Hi again,

The first release candidate (2.6.0~rc1) is here. If all goes well this should be the last pre-release before the stable release of 2.6.0.
Please tell us if you notice any regression.

Main changes compared to 2.6.0~beta2

:hourglass_done: The main change is another performance regression fix compared to opam 2.5, where packages coming from http repositories (such as the default opam.ocaml.org) were slower to install due to unnecessary reads of the repository database (#7131)

:open_book: You can read our blog post for more information about these changes and more, and for even more details you can take a look at the release note or the changelog.

Try it!

The upgrade instructions are unchanged:

For Unix systems

bash -c "sh <(curl -fsSL https://opam.ocaml.org/install.sh) --version 2.6.0~rc1"

or from PowerShell for Windows systems

Invoke-Expression "& { $(Invoke-RestMethod https://opam.ocaml.org/install.ps1) } -Version 2.6.0~rc1"

Please report any issues to the bug-tracker.

Happy hacking,
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