<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html><head><title>LLVM Public Release Project</title></head> <body bgcolor="white"> <center> <h1><font size="7">LLVM Public Release Project</font></h1> </center> <ul> <li><a href="#what">What is this?</a> </li> <li><a href="#priorities">Priorities</a> <ol> <li><a href="#high">High Priority</a> </li> <li><a href="#medium">Medimum Priority</a> </li> <li><a href="#low">Low Priority</a> </li> </ol> </li> </ul> <br> <!-- *********************************************************************** --> <table width="100%" bgcolor="#330077" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center"><font color="#eeeeff" size="+2" face="Georgia,Palatino"><b> <a name="what">What is this? </a></b><a name="what"></a></font></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <ul> <!-- *********************************************************************** --> This document is a list of things to do before the LLVM project is publicly released. It will provide a checklist so that we know what has been done and what is left to be done. It will also keep a "wishlist" of desirable features. <p> <!-- *********************************************************************** --> </p> </ul> <table width="100%" bgcolor="#330077" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center"><font color="#eeeeff" size="+2" face="Georgia,Palatino"><b> <a name="priorities">Priorities</a></b><a name="improving"></a></font></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <ul> <!-- *********************************************************************** -->The list of things to do... <p> <!-- ======================================================================= --> </p> </ul> <table width="50%" bgcolor="#441188" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> </td> <td width="100%"> <font color="#eeeeff" size="+1" face="Georgia,Palatino"><b><a name="high">High Priority</a></b><a name="glibc"></a></font></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <ul> <ul> <li>Modify the build environment so that the LLVM utilities can be built outside of the research group. This entails:</li> <ul> <li>Modify the build environment so that it does not use absolute paths.</li> <li>Make the build environment more configurable via Makefile.config.<br> </li> <li>Add support for dynamic build configuration (i.e. autoconf or imake support).</li> <li>Ensure that all build types (debug, optimized, profile) work correctly.<br> </li> </ul> <li>Ensure that the C front end compiles and installs nicely.</li> <li>Place the C front end into the CVS repository.<br> </li> <li>Get the Reoptimizer code to work, ensuring that it does not rely upon code outside of the source tree.<br> </li> <li>Create a structure that allows for the easy addition of outside projects to the LLVM source tree.</li> <li>Create a system for managing development and releases (i.e. CVS branching, labeling revisions, etc).<br> </li> </ul> <p> <!-- ======================================================================= --> </p> </ul> <table width="50%" bgcolor="#441188" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> </td> <td width="100%"> <font color="#eeeeff" size="+1" face="Georgia,Palatino"><b><a name="medium">Medium Priority</a></b><a name="NightlyTest"></a></font></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <ul> <ul> <li>Improve the testing framework.</li> <ul> <li>Cleanup Reoptimizer tests so that they fit into the framework.<br> </li> <li>Create descriptions of what each test is doing (test specifications).</li> </ul> <li>Get the Reoptimizer tests to compile under x86.<br> </li> <li>Determine which sub-projects of LLVM will be distributed.</li> <li>Review and update documentation.</li> <li>Create an installer for the software.<br> </li> </ul> <p> <!-- ======================================================================= --> </p> </ul> <table width="50%" bgcolor="#441188" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> </td> <td width="100%"> <font color="#eeeeff" size="+1" face="Georgia,Palatino"><b><a name="low">Low Priority</a></b><a name="programs"></a></font></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <ul> <ul> <li>Find and implement a bug reporting system (i.e. Bugzilla).</li> <li>Test installations on various Linux distributions.</li> <li>Create a license for the UIUC specific LLVM code.</li> <li>Add a license file to the distribution.</li> <li>Add a copyright notice and license information to each source file.</li> <li>Create man pages for the LLVM utilities.<br> </li> </ul> </ul> <font size-1=""> <address><a href="mailto:criswell@cs.uiuc.edu">John Criswell</a></address> <!-- Created: Tue Aug 6 15:00:33 CDT 2002 --> <!-- hhmts start --> Last modified: Sat May 31 14:54:03 CDT 2003 <!-- hhmts end --></font> <br> <br> <br> </body> </html>