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John Criswellda8c60d2003-07-02 23:03:18 +0000[diff] [blame]9<h1><font size="7">LLVM Public Release Project</font></h1>
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John Criswellda8c60d2003-07-02 23:03:18 +0000[diff] [blame]12<ul>
John Criswell908c1f62003-07-21 22:22:48 +0000[diff] [blame]13 <li><a href="#what">What is this?</a> </li>
14 <li><a href="#priorities">Priorities</a>
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John Criswell908c1f62003-07-21 22:22:48 +0000[diff] [blame]17 <li><a href="#high">High Priority</a> </li>
18 <li><a href="#medium">Medimum Priority</a> </li>
19 <li><a href="#low">Low Priority</a> </li>
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32 <td align="center"><font color="#eeeeff" size="+2"
John Criswell0a0d0dc2003-05-31 16:46:21 +0000[diff] [blame]33 face="Georgia,Palatino"><b> <a name="what">What is this? </a></b><a
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John Criswell0a0d0dc2003-05-31 16:46:21 +0000[diff] [blame]40<ul>
John Criswell908c1f62003-07-21 22:22:48 +0000[diff] [blame]41 <!-- *********************************************************************** -->
42 This document is a list of things to do before the LLVM project is publicly
43 released. &nbsp;It will provide a checklist so that we know what has been
44 done and what is left to be done. &nbsp;It will also keep a "wishlist"
45of desirable features.
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John Criswell0a0d0dc2003-05-31 16:46:21 +0000[diff] [blame]56 face="Georgia,Palatino"><b> <a name="priorities">Priorities</a></b><a
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60 </tbody>
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John Criswell0a0d0dc2003-05-31 16:46:21 +0000[diff] [blame]63<ul>
John Criswell908c1f62003-07-21 22:22:48 +0000[diff] [blame]64 <!-- *********************************************************************** -->The
65 list of things to do...
66 <p> <!-- ======================================================================= -->
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74 <tr>
75 <td>&nbsp;</td>
76 <td width="100%">&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="#eeeeff" size="+1"
John Criswell0a0d0dc2003-05-31 16:46:21 +0000[diff] [blame]77 face="Georgia,Palatino"><b><a name="high">High Priority</a></b><a
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81 </tbody>
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John Criswell0a0d0dc2003-05-31 16:46:21 +0000[diff] [blame]84<ul>
John Criswell908c1f62003-07-21 22:22:48 +0000[diff] [blame]85
John Criswell0a0d0dc2003-05-31 16:46:21 +0000[diff] [blame]86 <ul>
John Criswell908c1f62003-07-21 22:22:48 +0000[diff] [blame]87
John Criswell0a0d0dc2003-05-31 16:46:21 +0000[diff] [blame]88 <ul>
John Criswell908c1f62003-07-21 22:22:48 +0000[diff] [blame]89
90
John Criswell0a0d0dc2003-05-31 16:46:21 +0000[diff] [blame]91 </ul>
John Criswell908c1f62003-07-21 22:22:48 +0000[diff] [blame]92 <li>Fix currently known bugs and write regression tests.</li>
93 <ul>
94 <li>The gccld segfault from GlobalDCE.cpp.</li>
95 <li>The infinite loop for Tail Recursion.</li>
96 <li>The C++ constructor on dlopen() bug on Solaris.<br>
97 </li>
98 </ul>
99 <li>Get autoconf to configure source and build directories according
100to normal autoconf procedures.</li>
101 <ul>
102 <li>Get test tree to work properly when configuring for a different
103object root.</li>
104 <li>Get lex/yacc/etc output to be placed into the build tree, not the
105source tree.<br>
106 </li>
107 </ul>
108 <li>Test Suite</li>
109 <ul>
110 <li>Create a nightly tester for Sparc.</li>
111 <li>Modify the test suite to have consistent output.</li>
112 <li>Add Pass/Fail tests to nightly tester.<br>
113 </li>
114 <li>Make the USE_SPEC option work for the test directory.</li>
115 <li>Cleanup test/Programs.</li>
116 </ul>
117 <li>Move the pool allocator and Reoptimizer code out of mainline CVS
118and the release.</li>
119 <li>Documentation</li>
120 <ul>
121 <li>Write documentation on the LLVM tools.</li>
122 <li>Review docs, ensuring that the information is up to date.</li>
123 </ul>
124 <li>GCC C Front End<br>
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John Criswell908c1f62003-07-21 22:22:48 +0000[diff] [blame]126 <ul>
127 <li>Create a fix (i.e. better hack) for the sys/select.h hack.</li>
128 </ul>
129 <li>Licenses</li>
130 <ul>
131 <li>Ensure all software in source tree has proper license.<br>
132 </li>
133 </ul>
134 <ul>
135 <li>Check licenses in test/Programs to ensure everything is good.</li>
136 <li>Create license files for anything in the distribution that is not
137under our license.<br>
138 </li>
139 </ul>
140 <li>Ensure SafeCode builds.</li>
141 <li>Create a system for managing development and releases
John Criswellda8c60d2003-07-02 23:03:18 +0000[diff] [blame]142(i.e. CVS branching, labeling revisions, etc).<br>
John Criswell908c1f62003-07-21 22:22:48 +0000[diff] [blame]143 </li>
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147 <p> <!-- ======================================================================= -->
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John Criswell0a0d0dc2003-05-31 16:46:21 +0000[diff] [blame]150</ul>
John Criswell908c1f62003-07-21 22:22:48 +0000[diff] [blame]151
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155 <tr>
156 <td>&nbsp;</td>
157 <td width="100%">&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="#eeeeff" size="+1"
John Criswell0a0d0dc2003-05-31 16:46:21 +0000[diff] [blame]158 face="Georgia,Palatino"><b><a name="medium">Medium Priority</a></b><a
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John Criswellda8c60d2003-07-02 23:03:18 +0000[diff] [blame]161
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167 <ul>
168 <li>Improve documentation on how to create an LLVM project.<br>
169 </li>
170 <li>Testing</li>
171
John Criswell0a0d0dc2003-05-31 16:46:21 +0000[diff] [blame]172 <ul>
John Criswell908c1f62003-07-21 22:22:48 +0000[diff] [blame]173 <li>Cleanup Reoptimizer tests so that they fit into the framework.<br>
174 </li>
175
John Criswell0a0d0dc2003-05-31 16:46:21 +0000[diff] [blame]176 </ul>
John Criswell908c1f62003-07-21 22:22:48 +0000[diff] [blame]177 <li>Create an installer for the software.</li>
178 <li>Put autoconf files into a separate directory (i.e. not llvm).<br>
John Criswellda8c60d2003-07-02 23:03:18 +0000[diff] [blame]179 </li>
John Criswell908c1f62003-07-21 22:22:48 +0000[diff] [blame]180
John Criswell0a0d0dc2003-05-31 16:46:21 +0000[diff] [blame]181 </ul>
John Criswell908c1f62003-07-21 22:22:48 +0000[diff] [blame]182
183 <p> <!-- ======================================================================= -->
John Criswellda8c60d2003-07-02 23:03:18 +0000[diff] [blame]184 </p>
John Criswell908c1f62003-07-21 22:22:48 +0000[diff] [blame]185
John Criswell0a0d0dc2003-05-31 16:46:21 +0000[diff] [blame]186</ul>
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191 <tr>
192 <td>&nbsp;</td>
193 <td width="100%">&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="#eeeeff" size="+1"
John Criswell0a0d0dc2003-05-31 16:46:21 +0000[diff] [blame]194 face="Georgia,Palatino"><b><a name="low">Low Priority</a></b><a
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198 </tbody>
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John Criswell908c1f62003-07-21 22:22:48 +0000[diff] [blame]200
John Criswell0a0d0dc2003-05-31 16:46:21 +0000[diff] [blame]201<ul>
John Criswell908c1f62003-07-21 22:22:48 +0000[diff] [blame]202
John Criswell0a0d0dc2003-05-31 16:46:21 +0000[diff] [blame]203 <ul>
John Criswell908c1f62003-07-21 22:22:48 +0000[diff] [blame]204 <li>GCC C Front End</li>
205 <ul>
206 <li>Place the C front end into the CVS repository.</li>
207 <li>Ensure that the C front end compiles and installs nicely.</li>
208 <li>Add C++ support.<br>
209 </li>
210 </ul>
211 <li>Release Management</li>
212 <ul>
213 <li>Find and implement a bug reporting system (i.e. Bugzilla).</li>
214 </ul>
215 <li>Make the projects/sample directory an actual example of LLVM code.</li>
216 <li>Testing</li>
217 <ul>
218 <li>Create descriptions of what each test is doing (test specifications).<br>
219 </li>
220 <li>Test LLVM on various Linux distributions.</li>
221 <li>Test LLVM on various Solaris distributions.</li>
222 <li>Test LLVM on Solaris/x86.<br>
223 </li>
224 </ul>
225 <li>Licenses</li>
226 <ul>
227 <li>Create a license for the UIUC specific LLVM code.</li>
228 <li>Add a license file to the distribution.</li>
229 <li>Add a copyright notice and license information to each source
230file.</li>
231 </ul>
232 <li>Documentation</li>
233 <ul>
234 <li>Create man pages for the LLVM utilities.</li>
235 <li>Create man pages for the LLVM libraries.<br>
236 </li>
237 </ul>
238
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Chris Lattner39698a52003-05-31 19:55:19 +0000[diff] [blame]243<address><a href="mailto:criswell@cs.uiuc.edu">John Criswell</a></address>
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