Thank you @pmogollon, yes , it also works meteor create myapp --release 1.10.1 but I guess then I have to wait for them to update the repository to the latest version, to use the basic command.
Yes, usually the releases are not recommended until a couple of days pass and is manually upgraded to recommended to catch anu bug that passed the testing.
You can still use it like that, we have been using 1.10 betas for for a long time already in production.
Given a version number MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH, increment the:
MAJOR version when you make incompatible API changes,
MINOR version when you add functionality in a backwards compatible manner, and
PATCH version when you make backwards compatible bug fixes.
Additional labels for pre-release and build metadata are available as extensions to the MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH format.
I wish Meteor was strictly semver, but it really isn’t, It’s more like 1.MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH.
Under true semver, you would have to increment major versions for each major NodeJS update, each MongoDB update, and anytime other ecosystem incompatibilities are introduced