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9<h1><font size="7">LLVM Public Release Project</font></h1>
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13 <li><a href="#what">What is this?</a> </li>
14 <li><a href="#priorities">Priorities</a>
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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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John Criswell0a0d0dc2003-05-31 16:46:21 +000033 face="Georgia,Palatino"><b> <a name="what">What is this? </a></b><a
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John Criswellda8c60d2003-07-02 23:03:18 +000039
John Criswell0a0d0dc2003-05-31 16:46:21 +000040<ul>
John Criswellda8c60d2003-07-02 23:03:18 +000041 <!-- *********************************************************************** -->
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" of
45 desirable features.
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John Criswellda8c60d2003-07-02 23:03:18 +000064 <!-- *********************************************************************** -->The
65 list of things to do...
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John Criswell0a0d0dc2003-05-31 16:46:21 +000077 face="Georgia,Palatino"><b><a name="high">High Priority</a></b><a
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John Criswell0a0d0dc2003-05-31 16:46:21 +000084<ul>
John Criswellda8c60d2003-07-02 23:03:18 +000085
John Criswell0a0d0dc2003-05-31 16:46:21 +000086 <ul>
John Criswellda8c60d2003-07-02 23:03:18 +000087
John Criswell0a0d0dc2003-05-31 16:46:21 +000088 <ul>
John Criswellda8c60d2003-07-02 23:03:18 +000089
John Criswell0a0d0dc2003-05-31 16:46:21 +000090 </ul>
John Criswellda8c60d2003-07-02 23:03:18 +000091 <li>Document the procedure for extracting, building, and installing
92LLVM.</li>
93 <li>Document how to start a project that uses LLVM and its build system.<br>
94 </li>
95 <li>Ensure that the C front end compiles and installs nicely.</li>
96 <li>Place the C front end into the CVS repository.<br>
97 </li>
98 <li>Get the Reoptimizer code to work, ensuring that it does not
99rely upon code outside of the source tree.<br>
100 </li>
101 <li>Create a system for managing development and releases
102(i.e. CVS branching, labeling revisions, etc).<br>
103 </li>
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John Criswell0a0d0dc2003-05-31 16:46:21 +0000105 </ul>
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John Criswell0a0d0dc2003-05-31 16:46:21 +0000118 face="Georgia,Palatino"><b><a name="medium">Medium Priority</a></b><a
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John Criswellda8c60d2003-07-02 23:03:18 +0000120 </tr>
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John Criswellda8c60d2003-07-02 23:03:18 +0000124
John Criswell0a0d0dc2003-05-31 16:46:21 +0000125<ul>
John Criswellda8c60d2003-07-02 23:03:18 +0000126
John Criswell0a0d0dc2003-05-31 16:46:21 +0000127 <ul>
John Criswellda8c60d2003-07-02 23:03:18 +0000128 <li>Improve the testing framework.</li>
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John Criswell0a0d0dc2003-05-31 16:46:21 +0000130 <ul>
John Criswellda8c60d2003-07-02 23:03:18 +0000131 <li>Cleanup Reoptimizer tests so that they fit into the framework.<br>
132 </li>
133 <li>Create descriptions of what each test is doing (test specifications).</li>
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John Criswell0a0d0dc2003-05-31 16:46:21 +0000135 </ul>
John Criswellda8c60d2003-07-02 23:03:18 +0000136 <li>Get the Reoptimizer tests to compile under x86.<br>
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138 <li>Determine which sub-projects of LLVM will be distributed.</li>
139 <li>Create an installer for the software.</li>
140 <li>Move over to the autoconf method of specifying object code directories.</li>
141 <li>Add an install target in the Makefiles that will "install" LLVM,
142easing deployment.<br>
143 </li>
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John Criswellda8c60d2003-07-02 23:03:18 +0000146
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John Criswellda8c60d2003-07-02 23:03:18 +0000154 <tbody>
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John Criswell0a0d0dc2003-05-31 16:46:21 +0000158 face="Georgia,Palatino"><b><a name="low">Low Priority</a></b><a
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John Criswellda8c60d2003-07-02 23:03:18 +0000166
John Criswell0a0d0dc2003-05-31 16:46:21 +0000167 <ul>
John Criswellda8c60d2003-07-02 23:03:18 +0000168 <li>Make the projects/sample directory an actual example of LLVM
169code.</li>
170 <li>Find and implement a bug reporting system (i.e. Bugzilla).</li>
171 <li>Test installations on various Linux distributions.</li>
172 <li>Create a license for the UIUC specific LLVM code.</li>
173 <li>Add a license file to the distribution.</li>
174 <li>Add a copyright notice and license information to each source
175 file.</li>
176 <li>Create man pages for the LLVM utilities.<br>
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