<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">Hi everyone,</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 13px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">We've just launched a new <a href="https://apple.github.io/swift-evolution/" class="">status page</a> for keeping track of Swift Evolution proposals. See the announcement in <a href="https://swift.org/blog/swift-evolution-status-page/" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">a post on the swift.org blog</span></a>. </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><br class="">
A few of the benefits to the new page are:</span></div>
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<li style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="line-height: normal;" class=""></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Search for proposals by criteria such as the proposal's author or Swift version number.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="line-height: normal;" class=""></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">See which proposals have implementations in progress via the associated JIRA issues.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="line-height: normal;" class=""></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">The status of a proposal is read directly from its Markdown source. The separate XML file is no longer needed.</span></li>
</ul><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 13px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">The status page displays progress and information about proposals as they go through the evolution process. As always, please follow the <a href="https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/0000-template.md" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">standard proposal template</span></a> to keep to process running efficiently. Formatting your proposal correctly also ensures that it's picked up and displayed correctly on the status page. </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 13px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">If you're interested in contributing to the status page's implementation, see the steps for doing so in <a href="https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">CONTRIBUTING.md</span></a>. </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 13px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">We're looking forward to your feedback!</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 13px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">Thanks,<br class="">
Kyle</span></div></body></html>