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10 <div class="doc_title">How To Release LLVM To The Public</div>
11 <p class="doc_warning">NOTE: THIS DOCUMENT IS A WORK IN PROGRESS!</p>
13 <li><a href="#introduction">Introduction</a></li>
14 <li><a href="#process">Release Process</a>
16 <li><a href="overview">Overview</a></li>
17 <li><a href="merge">Merge Branches</a></li>
18 <li><a href="build">Build LLVM</a></li>
19 <li><a href="check">Run 'make check'</a></li>
20 <li><a href="test">Run LLVM Test Suite</a></li>
21 <li><a href="deps">make LibDeps.txt</a></li>
22 <li><a href="tag">cvs tag</a></li>
23 <li><a href="dist">make dist</a></li>
24 <li><a href="release">Release</a></li>
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28 <p>Written by <a href="mailto:rspencer@x10sys.com">Reid Spencer</a></p>
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32 <div class="doc_section"><a name="introduction">Introduction</a></div>
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36 <p>This document collects information about successfully releasing LLVM to the
37 public. It is the release manager's guide to ensuring that a high quality build
38 of LLVM is released. Mostly, its just a bunch of reminders of things to do at
39 release time so we don't inadvertently ship something that is utility
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44 <div class="doc_section"><a name="process">Release Process</a></div>
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48 <div class="doc_subsection"><a name="overview">Process Overview</a></div>
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51 <li><a href="merge">Merge Branches</a></li>
52 <li><a href="build">Build LLVM</a></li>
53 <li><a href="check">Run 'make check'</a></li>
54 <li><a href="test">Run LLVM Test Suite</a></li>
55 <li><a href="deps">make LibDeps.txt</a></li>
56 <li><a href="tag">cvs tag</a></li>
57 <li><a href="dist">make dist</a></li>
58 <li><a href="release">release</a></li>
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63 <div class="doc_subsection"><a name="merge">Merge Branches</a></div>
64 <div class="doc_text">
65 <p>Merge any work done on branches intended for release into mainline.</p>
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69 <div class="doc_subsection"><a name="build">Build LLVM</a></div>
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75 <div class="doc_subsection"><a name="check">Run 'make check'</a></div>
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77 <p>Run "make check" and ensure there are no unexpected failures. If there
78 are, resolve the failures and go back to step 2.</p>
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82 <div class="doc_subsection"><a name="test">LLVM Test Suite</a></div>
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84 <p>Run the llvm-test suite and ensure there are no unacceptable failures.
85 If there are, resolve the failures and go back to step 2.</p>
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89 <div class="doc_subsection"><a name="deps">Make LibDeps.txt</a></div>
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91 <p>Rebuild the LibDeps.txt target in utils/llvm-config. This makes sure that
92 the llvm-config utility remains relevant for the release, reflecting any
93 changes in the library dependencies.</p>
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97 <div class="doc_subsection"><a name="tag">CVS Tag</a></div>
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99 <p>Tag the release.</p>
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103 <div class="doc_subsection"><a name="dist">Run 'make dist'</a></div>
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105 <p>Build the distribution, ensuring it is installable and working</p>
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109 <div class="doc_subsection"><a name="release">Release</a></div>
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111 <p>Release the distribution tarball to the public.</p>
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