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  <title>LLVM Public Release Project</title>
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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>
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          <li><a href="#priorities">Priorities</a>                      
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             <li><a href="#high">High Priority</a>     </li>
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              <li><a href="#medium">Medimum Priority</a>     </li>
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              <li><a href="#low">Low Priority</a>     </li>
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<table width="100%" bgcolor="#330077" border="0" cellpadding="4"
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              <td align="center"><font color="#eeeeff" size="+2"
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 face="Georgia,Palatino"><b> <a name="what">What is this? </a></b><a
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     This document is a list of things to do before the LLVM project is publicly
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    released.  It will provide a checklist so that we know what has
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been    done and what is left to be done.  It will also keep a "wishlist"
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of   desirable features.                                   
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 face="Georgia,Palatino"><b> <a name="priorities">Priorities</a></b><a
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<ul>
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         <!-- *********************************************************************** -->The
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    list of things to do...                        
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              <td> </td>
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 size="+1" face="Georgia,Palatino"><b><a name="high">High Priority</a></b><a
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    <ul>
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                 <li>Fix currently known bugs and write regression tests.</li>
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    <ul>
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        <li>The gccld segfault from GlobalDCE.cpp.</li>
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        <li>The infinite loop for Tail Recursion.</li>
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        <li>The C++ constructor on dlopen() bug on Solaris.<br>
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        </li>
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    </ul>
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            <li>Get autoconf to configure source and build directories according
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 to normal autoconf procedures.</li>
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        <li>Get test tree to work properly when configuring for a different
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 object root.</li>
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        <li>Get lex/yacc/etc output to be placed into the build tree, not 
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the source tree.<br>
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        </li>
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    </ul>
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      <li>Test Suite</li>
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        <li>Create a nightly tester for Sparc.</li>
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        <li>Modify the test suite to have consistent output.</li>
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        <li>Add Pass/Fail tests to nightly tester.<br>
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        </li>
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        <li>Make the USE_SPEC option work for the test directory.</li>
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        <li>Cleanup test/Programs.</li>
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      <li>Move the pool allocator and Reoptimizer code out of mainline CVS
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 and the release.</li>
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     <li>Add autoconf checks to ensure that the compiler is GCC 3.x or higher.<br>
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     </li>
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      <li>Documentation</li>
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        <li>Write documentation on the LLVM tools.</li>
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        <li>Review docs, ensuring that the information is up to date.</li>
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    </ul>
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      <li>GCC C Front End<br>
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        <li>Create a fix (i.e. better hack) for the sys/select.h hack.</li>
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    </ul>
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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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    </ul>
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        <li>Check licenses in test/Programs to ensure everything is good.</li>
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        <li>Create license files for anything in the distribution that is 
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not under our license.<br>
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        </li>
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    </ul>
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      <li>Ensure SafeCode builds.</li>
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                     <li>Create a system for managing development and releases 
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 (i.e. CVS   branching, labeling revisions, etc).<br>
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              <td> </td>
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 size="+1" 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>
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            <li>Testing</li>
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             <li>Cleanup Reoptimizer tests so that they fit into the framework.<br>
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            </li>
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                                         <li>Create an installer for the
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software.</li>
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      <li>Put autoconf files into a separate directory (i.e. not llvm).<br>
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      </li>
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 size="+1" face="Georgia,Palatino"><b><a name="low">Low Priority</a></b><a
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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>
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        <li>Ensure that the C front end compiles and installs nicely.</li>
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        <li>Add C++ support.<br>
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        </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>Make the projects/sample directory an actual example of LLVM code.</li>
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                      <li>Testing</li>
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        <li>Create descriptions of what each test is doing (test specifications).<br>
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        </li>
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        <li>Test LLVM on various Linux distributions.</li>
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        <li>Test LLVM on various Solaris distributions.</li>
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        <li>Test LLVM on Solaris/x86.<br>
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        </li>
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            <li>Licenses</li>
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        <li>Create a license for the UIUC specific LLVM code.</li>
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        <li>Add a license file to the distribution.</li>
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        <li>Add a copyright notice and license information to each source 
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 file.</li>
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                               <li>Documentation</li>
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        <li>Create man pages for the LLVM utilities.</li>
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        <li>Create man pages for the LLVM libraries.</li>
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    </ul>
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    <li>Rewrite this page without Netscape Composer :)<br>
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        <font size-1="">         
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<address><a href="mailto:criswell@cs.uiuc.edu">John Criswell</a></address>
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         <!-- Created: Tue Aug  6 15:00:33 CDT 2002 --> <!-- hhmts start -->
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  Last modified: Sat May 31 14:54:03 CDT 2003 <!-- hhmts end --></font> <br>
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