Snapd updated to beta, but still not updated (Arch Linux)

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Hey, I am trying to change the channel to beta, but as it looks like still snapd and snap version is the same

snap info snapd
name:      snapd
summary:   Daemon and tooling that enable snap packages
publisher: Canonical✓
store-url: https://snapcraft.io/snapd
contact:   https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/issues
license:   GPL-3.0
description: |
  Install, configure, refresh and remove snap packages. Snaps are
  'universal' packages that work across many different Linux systems,
  enabling secure distribution of the latest apps and utilities for
  cloud, servers, desktops and the internet of things.
  
  Start with 'snap list' to see installed snaps.
type:         snapd
snap-id:      PMrrV4ml8uWuEUDBT8dSGnKUYbevVhc4
tracking:     latest/beta
refresh-date: today at 00:59 EDT
channels:
  latest/stable:    2.61.2                 2024-03-06 (21184) 40MB -
  latest/candidate: 2.61.2                 2024-02-29 (21184) 40MB -
  latest/beta:      2.62                   2024-03-21 (21465) 40MB -
  latest/edge:      2.62+git2017.g1afc063e 2024-03-25 (21490) 40MB -
installed:          2.62                              (21465) 40MB snapd

Snap version:

❯ snap --version
snap     2.61.3-1
snapd    2.61.3-1
series   16
cachyos  -
kernel   6.8.1-4-cachyos-lto

Am using Cachyos (Arch Linux)

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Are you waiting for a particular feature? Snapd does not reexec on Arch, there’s a plan to support this and make it opt-in for the users, but we haven’t set a target date for it yet. So for now, snapd udpates come through the AUR package. I will be updating the package when the 2.62 is no longer marked as draft https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/releases which usually happens when it goes through the QA pipeline and reaches the candidate track.

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Okay, that make sense, Is there any way I can help in enabling reexec on Arch Linux. Nothing particular was just curious, cause I see alot of fixes in snapd 2.62.