Document the official distribution locations and the recommendation to use a built-in copy#1452
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Fix a couple typos Co-authored-by: Joseph Heck <[email protected]>
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This adds a new documentation article within the top-level
Documentation/directory describing the various ways Swift Testing is distributed and offers the specific recommendation that most users prefer using a built-in copy instead of a package dependency.View the rendered document for more details.
Motivation:
We have been casually giving users the recommendation to prefer built-in copies of the
Testingmodule for a while in settings like the Swift forums, bug reports, and informal chats. But thus far, we have not collected and formally documented the reasons why using a package copy can encounter issues. This discussion recently came up during a discussion about whether to adopt Swift Testing in a test-helper library in SwiftSyntax.My hope is that adding this document will help clarify expectations around the level of support we offer for the two distribution styles for Swift Testing.
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