<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; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'SF Mono';" class="">Hello Swift community,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'SF Mono'; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'SF Mono';" class="">The review of SE-0152 "Package Manager Tools Version" begins now and runs through February 13, 2017. The proposal is available here:</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'SF Mono'; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'SF Mono';" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0152-package-manager-tools-version.md" class="">https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0152-package-manager-tools-version.md</a></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'SF Mono'; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'SF Mono';" 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:</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'SF Mono'; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'SF Mono';" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-build-dev" class="">https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-build-dev</a></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'SF Mono';" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution" class="">https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution</a></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'SF Mono'; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'SF Mono';" class="">or, if you would like to keep your feedback private, directly to the review manager. When replying, please try to keep the proposal link at the top of the message:</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'SF Mono'; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'SF Mono';" class="">> Proposal link:</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'SF Mono';" class="">>> <a href="https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0152-package-manager-tools-version.md" class="">https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0152-package-manager-tools-version.md</a></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'SF Mono'; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'SF Mono';" class="">> Reply text</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'SF Mono'; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'SF Mono';" class="">>> Other replies</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'SF Mono'; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'SF Mono'; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'SF Mono';" class="">What goes into a review?</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'SF Mono'; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'SF Mono';" class="">The goal of the review process is to improve the proposal under review through constructive criticism and, eventually, determine the direction of Swift. When writing your review, here are some questions you might want to answer:</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'SF Mono'; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'SF Mono';" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>* What is your evaluation of the proposal?</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'SF Mono';" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>* Is the problem being addressed significant enough to warrant a change to Swift?</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'SF Mono';" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>* Does this proposal fit well with the feel and direction of Swift?</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'SF Mono';" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>* If you have used other languages or libraries with a similar feature, how do you feel that this proposal compares to those?</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'SF Mono';" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>* How much effort did you put into your review? A glance, a quick reading, or an in-depth study?</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'SF Mono'; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'SF Mono';" class="">More information about the Swift evolution process is available at</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'SF Mono'; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'SF Mono';" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/process.md" class="">https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/process.md</a></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'SF Mono'; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'SF Mono';" class="">Thank you,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'SF Mono'; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'SF Mono';" class="">- Anders</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'SF Mono'; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'SF Mono';" class="">Review Manager</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'SF Mono'; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>