<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Haven’t had a chance to catch up on the latest discussion, but I just saw that the Yarn developers posted an excellent piece on lockfiles this week:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://yarnpkg.com/blog/2016/11/24/lockfiles-for-all" class="">https://yarnpkg.com/blog/2016/11/24/lockfiles-for-all</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">They argue lockfiles <b class="">should</b> be commited by libraries (but still ignored by applications). The essential point is that this makes it easier for developers of the library to maintain a coherent build of the library when dependencies ship a bug. The focus is particularly on <i class="">new</i> developers, who would otherwise lack a lockfile.</div><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Nov 20, 2016, at 12:48 AM, Anders Bertelrud <<a href="mailto:anders@apple.com" class="">anders@apple.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular;" class="">Hello Swift community,</span><br style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular;" class=""><br style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular;" class=""><span style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular;" class="">The review of "SE-0145: Package Manager Version Pinning" begins again after revisions, starting now and running through November 28th. The proposal is available here:</span><br style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular;" class=""><br style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular; white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0145-package-manager-version-pinning.md" class="">https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0145-package-manager-version-pinning.md</a><div class=""><br style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular;" class=""><span style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular;" class="">Reviews are an important part of the Swift evolution process. All reviews should be sent to the swift-build-dev and swift-evolution mailing lists at</span><br style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular;" class=""><br style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular; white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-build-dev" style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular;" class="">https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-build-dev</a><br style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular; white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution" style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular;" class="">https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution</a><br style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular;" class=""><br style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular;" class=""><span style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular;" class="">or, if you would like to keep your feedback private, directly to the review manager.</span><br style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular;" class=""><br style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular;" class=""><span style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular;" class="">What goes into a review?</span><br style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular;" class=""><br style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular;" class=""><span style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular;" class="">The goal of the review process is to improve the proposal under review through constructive criticism and contribute to the direction of Swift. When writing your review, here are some questions you might want to answer in your review:</span><br style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular;" class=""><br style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular;" class="">* What is your evaluation of the proposal?</span><br style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular;" class="">* Is the problem being addressed significant enough to warrant a change to Swift?</span><br style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular;" class="">* Does this proposal fit well with the feel and direction of Swift?</span><br style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular;" class="">* If you have used other languages or libraries with a similar feature, how do you feel that this proposal compares to those?</span><br style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular;" class="">* How much effort did you put into your review? A glance, a quick reading, or an in-depth study?</span><br style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular;" class=""><br style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular;" class=""><span style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular;" class="">More information about the Swift evolution process is available at</span><br style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular;" class=""><br style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular; white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/process.md" style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular;" class="">https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/process.md</a><br style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular;" class=""><br style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular;" class=""><span style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular;" class="">Thank you,</span><br style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular;" class=""><br style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular;" class=""><span style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular;" class="">Anders Bertelrud</span><br style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular;" class=""><span style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular;" class="">Review Manager</span><br style="font-family: SFUIText-Regular;" class=""></div></div>_______________________________________________<br class="">swift-evolution-announce mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:swift-evolution-announce@swift.org" class="">swift-evolution-announce@swift.org</a><br class="">https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution-announce<br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>