So no final Swift 3.0 for Xcode 8 / iOS launch (late 2016 speaks like late 
November or December 2016 while iOS 10 feels like September timeframe).

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> On 31 Jul 2016, at 05:46, Douglas Gregor via swift-evolution 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
>> On Jul 30, 2016, at 9:19 PM, Robert Hedin via swift-evolution 
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> I thought Chris was pretty clear as well; but what was said was:
>> 
>> "Over the next year, the core team expects to ship two major releases of 
>> Swift: Swift 3.x in Spring 2017 and Swift 4 in Fall 2017." 
>> 
>> I'm know I'm being pedantic, but since 3.0 hasn't been released yet, it 
>> sounds like it should be one of the "two major releases". While I'd love to 
>> have Swift 3 for this year, I'm fine if it's slipping. Honestly, I'm not a 
>> fan of tying what are huge language changes to an arbitrary annual ship 
>> schedule anyway.
>> 
>> All that said, I'm just looking for clarity one way or the other so that I 
>> can plan our app migration strategy over the near term.
> 
> Swift 3.0 will still ship in “late 2016”. That has not changed.
> 
> Chris was referring to a point release in Spring 2017. We don’t know if it 
> will be Swift 3.1, or 3.2, or whatever.
> 
>       - Doug
> 
>> 
>> rob.
>> 
>> 
>>> On Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 11:13 PM, Brandon Knope <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> There is no way Swift 3 doesn't ship with iOS 10 in September. 
>>> 
>>> I think he meant point releases after 3.0 (3.*) will be in 2017 (3 vs 3.* 
>>> vs 4 was trying to convey this I believe). 
>>> 
>>> Swift 3 has to ship with iOS 10 because lots of us are building and 
>>> updating to iOS 10 and using swift 3. Apple would have a lot of angry 
>>> developers come iOS 10 if they couldn't submit their apps...
>>> 
>>> But of course, Chris can clarify :)
>>> 
>>> Brandon 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Jul 30, 2016, at 9:38 PM, Robert Hedin via swift-evolution 
>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> My team has been closely following things here and has been looking 
>>>> forward with great anticipation to using Swift 3 in our production systems.
>>>> 
>>>> To that end, I'd like to confirm (or not) that "Swift 3.0" is no longer 
>>>> expected to ship in "late 2016" as currently reflected on the Swift 
>>>> Evolution GitHub repo but will rather ship in "Spring 2017". 
>>>> 
>>>> Over the past 24 hours I've got different members of my team coming up 
>>>> with different reads of what, exactly, "3.x" means in context.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> 
>>>> rob.
>>>> 
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