<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><p style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0px !important;" class="">The review of "SE-0190 - Target environment platform condition" begins now and runs through <strong style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;" class="">November 24, 2017</strong>.</p><p style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; margin: 15px 0px; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">The proposal is available here:</p><blockquote style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; margin: 15px 0px; border-left-width: 4px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0px 15px; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><div style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; margin: 0px;" class=""><a href="https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0190-target-environment-platform-condition.md" class="">https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0190-target-environment-platform-condition.md</a></div></blockquote><p style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; margin: 15px 0px; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Reviews are an important part of the Swift evolution process. All review feedback should be sent to the swift-evolution mailing list at:</p><blockquote style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; margin: 15px 0px; border-left-width: 4px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0px 15px; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><div style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; margin: 0px;" class=""><a href="https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution" class="">https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution</a></div></blockquote><p style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; margin: 15px 0px; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">or, if you would like to keep your feedback private, directly to the review manager. </p><p style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; margin: 15px 0px; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">When replying, please try to keep the proposal link at the top of the message:</p><blockquote style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; margin: 15px 0px; border-left-width: 4px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0px 15px; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><div style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; margin: 0px;" class="">Proposal link: <a href="https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0190-target-environment-platform-condition.md" class="">https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0190-target-environment-platform-condition.md</a><br style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;" class="">...<br style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;" class="">Reply text<br style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;" class="">...<br style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;" class="">Other replies</div></blockquote><h3 id="toc_0" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; margin: 20px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; cursor: text; position: relative; font-size: 18px; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">What goes into a review of a proposal?</h3><p style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; margin: 15px 0px; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">The goal of the review process is to improve the proposal under review through constructive criticism and, eventually, determine the direction of Swift. </p><p style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; margin: 15px 0px; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">When reviewing a proposal, here are some questions to consider:</p><ul style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; margin: 15px 0px; padding-left: 30px; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><li style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; margin: 0px;" class=""><p style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; margin: 0px 0px 15px;" class="">What is your evaluation of the proposal?</p></li><li style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; margin: 0px;" class=""><p style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; margin: 0px 0px 15px;" class="">Is the problem being addressed significant enough to warrant a change to Swift?</p></li><li style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; margin: 0px;" class=""><p style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; margin: 0px 0px 15px;" class="">Does this proposal fit well with the feel and direction of Swift?</p></li><li style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; margin: 0px;" class=""><p style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; margin: 0px 0px 15px;" class="">If you have used other languages or libraries with a similar feature, how do you feel that this proposal compares to those?</p></li><li style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; margin: 0px;" class=""><p style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; margin: 0px 0px 15px;" class="">How much effort did you put into your review? A glance, a quick reading, or an in-depth study?</p></li></ul><p style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 0px !important;" class="">Thanks,<br style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;" class="">Ted Kremenek<br style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;" class="">Review Manager</p></body></html>