== General information ==
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- The swift alpha program allows you to participate in swift tests, access to early versions of swift, creating bug reports and feature requests.
- By downloading swift you agree with the terms outlined [[ https://datastore.swift-project.org/page/legal.php | here ]]
- The swift release cycle is: [[ help/alpha/jenkinsdownload/ | developer builds ]] -> alpha versions -> public beta -> stable.
- the swift alpha program allows access to development versions of swift, this means you will use the **versions clarified for tests**
- please stay calm and patient if you face problems and discuss them with the developer team. For direct questions we have the [[/Z1 | "alpha chatroom"]] (login/registration required)
- [[ Contact ]]. Please enable emails from `swift-project.org` and `swiftnoreply(at)gmail.com` for notifications
- Understand [[help/installation/download/ | which version to download]] and check [[help/installation | installation hints]] before you install. You can check what is new in each individual version here: [[ help/alpha/status/ ]]
- Check the [[ help/alpha/qa | QAs ]]
- The //swift// ecosystem: [[ misc/swiftecosystem/ ]]
== Register ==
In order to participate in "swift alpha" you need two accounts.
- For Phabricator, you are looking at it right now. Here the swift documentation resides, you can file bug reports etc.
-- Read the [[ registration | registration policy ]]
-- If not already done, register with Phabricator (this is where you are right now) by pressing the login button. Unfortunately this site does not support SSO with VATSIM yet.
-- If this does not work, contact us and ask for an account
- the swift datastore, this is where we create mappings and you can download the alpha version
-- [[ help/datastore/ ]]
-- [[ help/datastore/registerdatastore/ ]]
== Download the alpha software ==
See [[ help/datastore/downloadalpha/ ]]
== Testing swift ==
See [[ help/testing/ ]]