# Development open for Swift 4.2.4 for Linux

**URL:** <https://forums.swift.org/t/development-open-for-swift-4-2-4-for-linux/21287>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Created:** [March 6, 2019, 4:13pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/development-open-for-swift-4-2-4-for-linux/21287 "2019-03-06T16:13:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![johannesweiss](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/swift/user_avatar/forums.swift.org/johannesweiss/32/38183_2.png) [@johannesweiss](https://forums.swift.org/u/johannesweiss)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 4:13pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/development-open-for-swift-4-2-4-for-linux/21287/1 "2019-03-06T16:13:50Z")

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# Development open for Swift 4.2.4 for Linux

Having released [Swift 4.2.3](https://forums.swift.org/t/swift-4-2-3/21089), the February 2019 release where we could land a good number of fixes, we're now happy to open the development of Swift 4.2.4 for Linux. As previously, the process follows the initial [announcement](https://forums.swift.org/t/announcing-swift-4-2-2-and-monthly-swift-4-2-x-dot-releases-for-linux/20148) of the monthly releases.

Thank you, we're already looking forward to the pull requests 🙂.

## Details

- Release managers: @johannesweiss ([weissi](https://github.com/weissi) on GitHub) & @kevints ([kevints](https://github.com/kevints) on GitHub)
- Merge window open: 6th March 2019 (now)
- Merge window close: 20th March
- Target branches: [corelibs-foundation:swift-4.2-branch](https://github.com/apple/swift-corelibs-foundation/tree/swift-4.2-branch) and corelibs-xctest:swift-4.2-branch
- Process documentation: [see announcement](https://forums.swift.org/t/announcing-swift-4-2-2-and-monthly-swift-4-2-x-dot-releases-for-linux/20148)
- Planned release: End of March 2019

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**Author:** ![johannesweiss](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/swift/user_avatar/forums.swift.org/johannesweiss/32/38183_2.png) [@johannesweiss](https://forums.swift.org/u/johannesweiss)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2019, 5:16pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/development-open-for-swift-4-2-4-for-linux/21287/2 "2019-03-20T17:16:16Z")

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As planned, we are now closing the merge window for Swift 4.2.4. Again, many thanks for your contributions! We are now preparing the release and we're planning to release Swift 4.2.4 before the end of the month 🙂.