Ted Kremenek, Dave Verwer, and Sven A. Schmidt (Hacker News):

Bringing Swift Package Index to Apple allows us to build on its strong foundations while preserving its vision and expertise. Together, we’re building a comprehensive package registry to serve the Swift community’s evolving needs.

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Swift Package Index will continue to operate as it does today. You can continue to rely on it to discover packages, check compatibility, and explore documentation. As we embark on this new phase, our goal is to accelerate development and introduce new features that make discovering and evaluating packages even better.

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Swift Package Index will remain open source.

Helge Heß:

A little sad that this era ends. SPI was a stronghold of Apple independence, a package index run by independent and trusted individuals.

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