[swift-users] Debian Stretch? (Re: Swift 4.0 RC5 released)

[Kevin Smith]

On 26 Feb 2018, at 08:09, Bernhard Reiter <bernhard at intevation.de> wrote:
> Hello!

Hi Bernhard,

> Am Donnerstag 11 Januar 2018 18:45:06 schrieb Tobias Markmann:
>> Swift 4.0 RC5, hopefully our final release candidate
>> for Swift 4.0.
>> 
>> Feel free to grab the latest builds and tarballs from
>> http://swift.im/releases.html
> 
> recently we moved our company app servers that server terminal servers
> via X11 to Debian Stretch and now we miss Swift-im. 
> 
> What are the chances for getting a Stretch packaging once 4.0 is released?

We’re hoping to have it in the next RC.

> How far is the release away?

String, etc., I’m afraid. Currently one open issue being investigated before another (hopefully final) RC.

> Tried running the appimage available from http://swift.im/releases.html
> on a (naked, more server) Stretch machine. Below is some minor feedback,
> hope it is useful somehow. :)

Thanks. I’ll make a note of this to look at later.

> 
> Thanks for creating Swift-im as Free Software!
> 
> Best luck with the renaming efforts! "Jolly Brisk!"  has a british touch to 
> it, but also sound a bit strange for an application name here.

That was Marketing’s April Fools that has somehow not vanished from the site yet.

/K