==== snapshot 3.10_alpha20190227 ====

main/alpine-base/APKBUILD

 # Contributor: Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org>
 # Maintainer: Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org>
 pkgname=alpine-base
-pkgver=3.9.0
+pkgver=3.10_alpha20190227
 pkgrel=0
 pkgdesc="Meta package for minimal alpine base"
 url="http://alpinelinux.org"
@@ -23,21 +23,28 @@ package() {
 	mkdir -p "$pkgdir"/etc
 	# create /etc/alpine-release
 	echo $pkgver > "$pkgdir"/etc/alpine-release
+	local _ver="$(echo "$pkgver" | grep -E -o '^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+')"
+	local _rel="v$_ver"
+	case "$pkgver" in
+	*_alpha*|*_beta*|*_pre*)
+		_ver="$pkgver (edge)"
+		_rel="edge"
+		;;
+	esac
 
 	# create /etc/issue
 	cat >"$pkgdir"/etc/issue<<EOF
-Welcome to Alpine Linux ${pkgver%.*}
+Welcome to Alpine Linux $_ver
 Kernel \\r on an \\m (\\l)
 
 EOF
 
-	_ver="$(echo "$pkgver" | grep -E -o '^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+')"
 	# create os-release
 	cat >"$pkgdir"/etc/os-release<<EOF
 NAME="Alpine Linux"
 ID=alpine
 VERSION_ID=$pkgver
-PRETTY_NAME="Alpine Linux v$_ver"
+PRETTY_NAME="Alpine Linux $_rel"
 HOME_URL="https://alpinelinux.org/"
 BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.alpinelinux.org/"
 EOF