<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">We’ve been periodically branching swift-4.0-branch from master, per:<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> <a href="https://swift.org/blog/swift-4-0-release-process/" class="">https://swift.org/blog/swift-4-0-release-process/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The last re-branching from master to swift-4.0-branch will be <b class="">June 1</b>.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Changes will continue to be pulled into Swift 4 after that date, but the intent is for Swift 4 then to be in gradual convergence and to allow master to incorporate changes that will be included in future releases.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As far as feature work is concerned, the goal is that swift-4.0-branch contains the bulk of language and Standard Library changes core to the release by early/mid May.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Strictly additive features to the Standard Library and other parts of Swift may be considered for addition to Swift 4 even later, depending on the reward/risk they add to the release.</div></body></html>