<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=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Mar 7, 2017, at 12:53 PM, Rick Ballard via swift-build-dev <<a href="mailto:swift-build-dev@swift.org" class="">swift-build-dev@swift.org</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="">Hello Swift community,<br class=""><br class="">The review of "SE-0158 Package Manager Manifest API Redesign" begins now and runs through <b class="">March 13, 2017</b>. The proposal is available here:<br class=""><br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0158-package-manager-manifest-api-redesign.md" class="">https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0158-package-manager-manifest-api-redesign.md</a><br class=""><br class="">Reviews are an important part of the Swift evolution process. All Swift Package Manager reviews should be sent to the swift-evolution and swift-build-dev mailing lists at<br class=""><br 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><br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-build-dev<div class=""><br 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:<br class=""><br class="">> Proposal link:<br class="">>> https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0158-package-manager-manifest-api-redesign.md<br class=""><br class="">> Reply text<br class=""><br class="">>> Other replies<br class=""><br class=""><b class="">What goes into a review?</b><br class=""><br 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 in your review:<br class=""><br class="">* What is your evaluation of the proposal?<br class=""></div></div></div></blockquote><br class=""><div>+1, although I don’t know why we're supporting this:</div><div><pre style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: SFMono-Regular, Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.45; word-wrap: normal; padding: 16px; overflow: auto; background-color: rgb(246, 248, 250); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; word-break: normal; color: rgb(36, 41, 46);" class=""><span class="pl-c" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(150, 152, 150);"><span class="pl-c" style="box-sizing: border-box;">//</span> 1.5.8 ..< 2.0.0</span>
<span class="pl-c" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(150, 152, 150);"></span>.<span class="pl-c1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 134, 179);">package</span>(<span class="pl-c1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 134, 179);">url</span>: <span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span>/SwiftyJSON<span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span></span>, <span class="pl-c1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 134, 179);">from</span>: <span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span>1.5.8<span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span></span>),</pre><div class="">when, at least as far as I can tell, this:</div><div class=""><pre style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: SFMono-Regular, Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.45; word-wrap: normal; padding: 16px; overflow: auto; background-color: rgb(246, 248, 250); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; word-break: normal; color: rgb(36, 41, 46);" class=""><span class="pl-c" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(150, 152, 150);"><span class="pl-c" style="box-sizing: border-box;">//</span> 1.5.8 ..< 2.0.0</span>
<span class="pl-c" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(150, 152, 150);"></span>.<span class="pl-c1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 134, 179);">package</span>(<span class="pl-c1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 134, 179);">url</span>: <span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span>/SwiftyJSON<span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span></span>, .<span class="pl-c1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 134, 179);">uptoNextMajor</span>(<span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span>1.5.8<span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span></span>)),</pre><div class="">does the same thing, and the spelling is, at least to me, clearer as well. Dunno, maybe the “from” version is a term of art that I’m just not familiar with.</div></div></div><div><br class=""></div></div><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">* Is the problem being addressed significant enough to warrant a change to the Swift Package Manager?<br class=""></div></div></div></blockquote><br class="">Yep</div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">* Does this proposal fit well with the feel and direction of Swift?<br class=""></div></div></div></blockquote><br class="">Yep</div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">* If you have used other languages, libraries, or package managers with a similar feature, how do you feel that this proposal compares to those?<br class=""></div></div></div></blockquote><br class="">N/A</div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">* How much effort did you put into your review? A glance, a quick reading, or an in-depth study?<br class=""></div></div></div></blockquote><br class=""><div>Read the discussion thread and the proposal a few times.</div></div><br class=""><div class="">- Dave Sweeris</div></body></html>