Prerelease versions on npmjs.org vs dist-tags

[maciej-wakula-opuscapita]

When I execute npm outdated on my project it shows that stack-trace is outdated: used 0.0.10 but latest is 1.0.0-pre1.
When I execute npm dist-tag ls stack-trace it shows only a single tag: latest pointing to 1.0.0-pre1.
Please, look at this page for a bit clearer description about dist tags.

Dist tags are "release channels". My guess is:

• author wanted to create a pre-release version called 1.0.0-pre.1 (with a dot before 1) and tag next: npm publish --tag next
• author published a version with default tag that is latest resulting in release of a stable release product 1.0.0-pre1

Please, confirm or correct me (topic is pretty new to me - I am just trying to solve the issue of npm showing outdated version where latest is pre1)