From 1ff20cd47969f509aa791c862d9005a3fb0cf2f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Lattner This section contains policies that pertain generally to regular LLVM
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- or with the utility utils/mkpatch. to make it easy to read the
+ or with the utility utils/mkpatch, which makes it easy to read the
diff.
Once the design of the new feature is finalized, the work itself should be + done as a series of incremental changes, not as + a long-term development branch.
+ -Once the design of the new feature is finalized, the work itself should be - done as a series of incremental changes, not as a long-term development - branch. Long-term development branches have a number of drawbacks:
+In the LLVM project, we do all significant changes as a series of + incremental patches. We have a strong dislike for huge changes or + long-term development branches. Long-term development branches have a + number of drawbacks:
Contributions must not knowingly infringe on any patents. To the best of + our knowledge, LLVM is free of any existing patent violations and it is our + intent to keep it that way.
+