// We prefer the latest patch release before the most recent release family,
	// so if the latest release is 1.40.1 we'll take the latest 1.39.X.
	// Failing that, we prefer the latest patch release before the most recent
	// prerelease family, so if the latest release is 1.40rc1 is out but 1.39 is okay,
	// we'll still take 1.39.X.
	// Failing that we'll take the latest release.
	latest := ""
	for i := len(list) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
		v := list[i]

	// Discard offsets after a release label and keep the labels down to e.g. `alpha.0` instead of
	// including the offset e.g. `alpha.0.206`. This is done to comply with GCR image tags.
	pre := v.PreRelease()
	patch := v.Patch()
	if len(pre) > 0 {
		if patch > 0 {
			// If the patch version is more than zero, decrement it and remove the label.
			// this is done to comply with the latest stable patch release.

		}
	}
	if len(versions) == 0 {
		return func(string) bool { return false }, nil
	}

	var highest string
	for i := len(versions) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
		v := versions[i]
		if semver.Prerelease(v) == "" {
			highest = v
			break
		}
	}
	if highest == "" {
		highest = versions[len(versions)-1]
	}

	data, err := r.GoMod(ctx, highest)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err

- `--version=v1.X.Y...` can now be used to set the prerelease and buildID portions of the version reported by components ([#117688](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117688), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG API Machinery, Architecture and Release]