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12 <li><a href="#priorities">Priorities</a>
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15 <li><a href="#medium">Medimum Priority</a> </li>
16 <li><a href="#low">Low Priority</a> </li>
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34 This document is a list of things to do before the LLVM project is
35 publicly released. It will provide a checklist so that we know
36 what has been done and what is left to be done. It will also keep
37 a "wishlist" of desirable features.
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52 list of things to do...
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61 face="Georgia,Palatino"><b><a name="high">High Priority</a></b><a
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72 <li>Finish QMTest Integration.<br>
75 <li>Documentation</li>
77 <li>Write documentation on the LLVM tools.</li>
78 <li>Expand documentation on creating an LLVM project.</li>
79 <li>Create a FAQ for common problems.<br>
81 <li>Review docs, ensuring that the information is up to date.</li>
82 <li>Add an install doc to the source tree (web version gets
83 updated in main branch).<br>
86 <li>Improve GCC C/C++ Front End<br>
90 <li>Ensure all software in source tree has proper license.<br>
94 <li>Check licenses in test/Programs to ensure everything is good.</li>
95 <li>Create license files for anything in the distribution that is
96 not under our license.<br>
99 <li>Ensure SafeCode builds.</li>
100 <li>Ensure SPEC works.<br>
102 <li>Create a system for managing development and releases (i.e. CVS
103 branching, labeling revisions, etc).</li>
104 <li>Move utils/Burg, utils/Tblgen, and lib/Support into support/lib
105 and support/tools directory.<br>
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116 face="Georgia,Palatino"><b><a name="medium">Medium Priority</a></b><a
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123 <li>Improve documentation on how to create an LLVM project.<br>
125 <li>Create an installer for the software.</li>
128 <li>Add Feature and Regression tests to nightly tester.</li>
129 <li>Develop better QMTest database method.<br>
132 <li>Write regression tests.</li>
134 <li>The gccld segfault from GlobalDCE.cpp.</li>
135 <li>The infinite loop for Tail Recursion.</li>
136 <li>The C++ constructor on dlopen() bug on Solaris.</li>
140 <li>Release Management</li>
144 <li>Find and implement a bug reporting system (i.e. Bugzilla).</li>
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155 face="Georgia,Palatino"><b><a name="low">Low Priority</a></b><a
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162 <li>GCC C Front End</li>
164 <li>Place the C front end into the CVS repository.</li>
165 <li>Ensure that the C front end compiles and installs nicely.</li>
166 <li>Add C++ support.<br>
169 <li>Make the projects/sample directory an actual example of LLVM
173 <li>Create descriptions of what each test is doing (test
176 <li>Test LLVM on various Linux distributions.</li>
177 <li>Test LLVM on various Solaris versions.</li>
178 <li>Test LLVM on Solaris/x86.</li>
179 <li>Cleanup Reoptimizer tests so that they fit into the framework.</li>
183 <li>Create a license for the UIUC specific LLVM code.</li>
184 <li>Add a license file to the distribution file. </li>
186 <li>Documentation</li>
188 <li>Create man pages for the LLVM utilities.</li>
189 <li>Create man pages for the LLVM libraries.</li>
191 <li>Rewrite this page without Netscape Composer :)<br>
196 <address><a href="mailto:criswell@cs.uiuc.edu">John Criswell</a></address>
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