diff --git a/docs/DeveloperPolicy.html b/docs/DeveloperPolicy.html index e3e37f0bc1f..9bc6446a124 100644 --- a/docs/DeveloperPolicy.html +++ b/docs/DeveloperPolicy.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
This section contains policies that pertain generally to regular LLVM @@ -103,16 +102,13 @@
cvs diff -Ntdup -5- 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.
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