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Looks like swift-build will be the default in Swift 6.4: https://forums.swift.org/t/swiftpm-development-update-defaul...

Unfortunately, swift-build is what Xcode has been using for years now, and has major performance issues: https://forums.swift.org/t/target-dependency-graph-computati...

Perhaps using it in both SPM and Xcode will lead to improvements, but I'm not especially optimistic.



I mean... "In projects with many local Swift packages (~160 packages, ~2,100 targets), the "Compute target dependency graph" phase takes 60+ seconds"

I'm doubting this is a comparable setup for the vast majority of swift users. Is it unfortunate for people who land on this edge case - yes.

My experience shows it's fast and our iOS apps build faster than a feature parity Android app.




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