LLVM Public Release Project
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.
The
list of things to do...
- Modify the build environment so that the LLVM utilities
can be built outside of the research group. This entails:
- Modify the build environment so that it does not use absolute
paths.
- Make the build environment more configurable via Makefile.config.
- Add support for dynamic build configuration (i.e. autoconf
or imake support).
- Ensure that all build types (debug, optimized, profile) work
correctly.
- Ensure that the C front end compiles and installs nicely.
- Place the C front end into the CVS repository.
- Get the Reoptimizer code to work, ensuring that it does not rely
upon code outside of the source tree.
- Create a structure that allows for the easy addition of outside
projects to the LLVM source tree.
- Create a system for managing development and releases (i.e. CVS
branching, labeling revisions, etc).
- Improve the testing framework.
- Cleanup Reoptimizer tests so that they fit into the framework.
- Create descriptions of what each test is doing (test specifications).
- Get the Reoptimizer tests to compile under x86.
- Determine which sub-projects of LLVM will be distributed.
- Review and update documentation.
- Create an installer for the software.
- Find and implement a bug reporting system (i.e. Bugzilla).
- Test installations on various Linux distributions.
- Create a license for the UIUC specific LLVM code.
- Add a license file to the distribution.
- Add a copyright notice and license information to each source
file.
- Create man pages for the LLVM utilities.
John Criswell
Last modified: Sat May 31 14:54:03 CDT 2003