SE-0291: Package Collections
The review of SE-0291, "Package Collections" , begins now and runs through November 18, 2020. Reviews are an important part of the Swift evolution process. All review feedback should be either on this...
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I feel like this was prematurely moved from the pitch phase to the review phase when a critical piece of feedback was given and not addressed (still isn't in the current proposal): Package Feeds Both...
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Thank you for pointing out the missing piece @Mordil. Agreed that the package collection (feed) format is an important part of the feature, therefore we are preparing a separate pitch for it. We left...
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I’m happy to see this move to proposal stage, nice work Tom, Yim, and Boris! @finestructure and I meant to chime in on the other thread but time got away from us, so I’ll post here instead. It’s good...
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The primary question I have is why the global configuration file will be expected at: ~/.swiftpm/config Although I see rustup uses a similar structure, I personally prefer the structure used by fish...
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yim_lee: We left the collection format out of this proposal intentionally because evolving the collection format requires no proposal How come this portion of the feature is not subject to Swift...
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The commands presented here have incorporated the feedback in the pitch phase, and as such read much better. I agree with using a similar configuration as git, rustup and other tools as currently...
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Dante-Broggi: The primary question I have is why the global configuration file will be expected at: ~/.swiftpm/config My understanding based on the (or its equivalent on the specific platform SwiftPM...
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typesanitizer: on Linux. I'm on a Mac, and would still like it to be under ~/.config Read full topic
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We envision educators and community influencers publishing package collections to go along with course materials or blog posts, removing the friction of using packages for the first time and the...
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Thanks for the feedback @ahti. You have made some really good points. Personally, I think I would find intent-based package collections useful. Suppose I am starting out to build web services using...
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For those interested, I created a new post for Package Collection Format. There will be an OSS tool to help generate package collections adhering to the format. Read full topic
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The review for SE-0291 Package Collections ran from November 10 to November 18, 2020. The core team has decided to return this proposal for revision. During the review, several community members...
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It's great to see progress on this feature set! Sorry I'm catching up with this topic so late. I just have one very minor comment at this point: the final s in the command syntax ”swift...
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on ~/.swiftpm/ Having a single folder for configuration files is not as bad as putting them directly in the users home directory — but even on Unix there's a better standard nowadays, and macOS even...
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Tino: — but even on Unix there's a better standard nowadays Honest question: first time I hear about that. No other tools I know of use some other space than $home/.myThingy - what do you mean...
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ktoso: No other tools I know of use some other space than $home/.myThingy - what do you mean specifically? Can you provide references to what you’re saying? Sure:...
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Tino: Actually, I would be fine with simply using ~/Library on every platform That would be horrible, and only serve to strengthen the (still quite prevalent) perception that Swift is just that Apple...
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