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<h1><font size="7">LLVM Public Release Project</font></h1>
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<li><a href="#what">What is this?</a> </li>
<li><a href="#priorities">Priorities</a>
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<li><a href="#high">High Priority</a> </li>
<li><a href="#medium">Medimum Priority</a> </li>
<li><a href="#low">Low Priority</a> </li>
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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.
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<li>Test Suite</li>
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<li>Finish QMTest Integration.<br>
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<li>Documentation</li>
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<li>Write documentation on the LLVM tools.</li>
<li>Expand documentation on creating an LLVM project.</li>
<li>Create a FAQ for common problems.<br>
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<li>Review docs, ensuring that the information is up to date.</li>
<li>Add an install doc to the source tree (web version gets
updated in main branch).<br>
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<li>Improve GCC C/C++ Front End<br>
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<li>Licenses</li>
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<li>Ensure all software in source tree has proper license.<br>
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<li>Check licenses in test/Programs to ensure everything is good.</li>
<li>Create license files for anything in the distribution that is
not under our license.<br>
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<li>Ensure SafeCode builds.</li>
<li>Ensure SPEC works.<br>
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<li>Create a system for managing development and releases (i.e. CVS
branching, labeling revisions, etc).</li>
<li>Move utils/Burg, utils/Tblgen, and lib/Support into support/lib
and support/tools directory.<br>
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face="Georgia,Palatino"><b><a name="medium">Medium Priority</a></b><a
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<li>Improve documentation on how to create an LLVM project.<br>
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<li>Create an installer for the software.</li>
<li>Test Suite</li>
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<li>Add Feature and Regression tests to nightly tester.</li>
<li>Develop better QMTest database method.<br>
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<li>Write regression tests.</li>
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<li>The gccld segfault from GlobalDCE.cpp.</li>
<li>The infinite loop for Tail Recursion.</li>
<li>The C++ constructor on dlopen() bug on Solaris.</li>
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<li>Release Management</li>
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<li>Find and implement a bug reporting system (i.e. Bugzilla).</li>
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<li>GCC C Front End</li>
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<li>Place the C front end into the CVS repository.</li>
<li>Ensure that the C front end compiles and installs nicely.</li>
<li>Add C++ support.<br>
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<li>Make the projects/sample directory an actual example of LLVM
code.</li>
<li>Testing</li>
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<li>Create descriptions of what each test is doing (test
specifications).<br>
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<li>Test LLVM on various Linux distributions.</li>
<li>Test LLVM on various Solaris versions.</li>
<li>Test LLVM on Solaris/x86.</li>
<li>Cleanup Reoptimizer tests so that they fit into the framework.</li>
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<li>Licenses</li>
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<li>Create a license for the UIUC specific LLVM code.</li>
<li>Add a license file to the distribution file. </li>
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<li>Documentation</li>
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<li>Create man pages for the LLVM utilities.</li>
<li>Create man pages for the LLVM libraries.</li>
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<li>Rewrite this page without Netscape Composer :)<br>
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<address><a href="mailto:criswell@cs.uiuc.edu">John Criswell</a></address>
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