UPDATE: Variety reports Roman Polanski will be kept under housse arrest and under electronic monitoring at his Swiss chalet.

He will, however, remain n jail until authorities decide whether or not to appeal his release.

This Reuters "Flash" just popped up on Twitter.

It seems surprising that a man famous for two things -- being a film director and skipping town decades ago after pleading guilty for charges relating to having sex with a 13-year-old -- would be granted bail after Swiss authorities bothered to decide to arrest him.

Maybe there are all sorts of conditions...we'll update as necessary.