<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 7 Mar 2017, at 21:53, Rick Ballard via swift-evolution <<a href="mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org" class="">swift-evolution@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><div><br class=""></div><div>+0. Meh.</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="">* Is the problem being addressed significant enough to warrant a change to the Swift Package Manager?<br class=""></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div>Not really. The package manifest API has lots of serious deficiencies and this proposal shuffles a couple of names around. Not sure it’s really worth the hassle, to be honest. It’s certainly very far from a “redesign”!</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><div><br class=""></div>Sure, I suppose</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><div><br class=""></div><div>I’ve used other package managers. Again, it’s really neither here nor there.</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><div><br class=""></div><div>Read the prior discussion, and the proposal again.</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=""><br class="">More information about the Swift evolution process is available at<br class=""><br class=""></div><div 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><br class=""><br class="">Thank you,<br class=""><br class="">- Rick Ballard<br class=""><br class="">Review Manager</div></div>_______________________________________________<br class="">swift-evolution mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org" class="">swift-evolution@swift.org</a><br class="">https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution<br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>