Re: [swift-users] Search for Swift packages on GitHub

2017-08-09 Thread Taylor Swift via swift-users
I’m pretty sure any serious package author will have Travis or some other CI set up for their library. Checking for a CI service is a good way to filter out low-quality repos that are little more than just code dumps. The swift version can be detemined by reading the Package.swift file. Most packag

Re: [swift-users] Search for Swift packages on GitHub

2017-08-09 Thread Kilian Koeltzsch via swift-users
You're absolutely right about the additional information. Unfortunately some of these (does it support my platform, what versions of Swift it builds on) are hard to tell without actually building the package several times with differing hardware/toolchains. Others (does it depend on Foundation,

Re: [swift-users] Search for Swift packages on GitHub

2017-08-08 Thread Taylor Swift via swift-users
I really like this idea, however what I really want to know about a package usually includes: does it support my platform, does it depend on Foundation, what other modules it depends on, what versions of Swift it builds on (including nightly builds), and how well its documented. I don’t know how th

[swift-users] Search for Swift packages on GitHub

2017-08-08 Thread Kilian Koeltzsch via swift-users
Hi all, I was missing a small tool somewhat akin to npm (specifically npm's search and install functionality) for the swift ecosystem so I spent some time writing something to fill that gap. I'd really love some feedback on the idea and usability :) The basic idea is that it's hard to find sui