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18 <li><a href="#medium">Medimum Priority</a> </li>
19 <li><a href="#low">Low Priority</a> </li>
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42 This document is a list of things to do before the LLVM project is publicly
43 released. It will provide a checklist so that we know what has
44 been done and what is left to be done. It will also keep a "wishlist"
45 of desirable features.
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65 list of things to do...
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77 size="+1" face="Georgia,Palatino"><b><a name="high">High Priority</a></b><a
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92 <li>Fix currently known bugs and write regression tests.</li>
95 <li>The gccld segfault from GlobalDCE.cpp.</li>
96 <li>The infinite loop for Tail Recursion.</li>
97 <li>The C++ constructor on dlopen() bug on Solaris.<br>
101 <li>Get autoconf to configure source and build directories according
102 to normal autoconf procedures.</li>
105 <li>Get test tree to work properly when configuring for a different
107 <li>Get lex/yacc/etc output to be placed into the build tree, not
115 <li>Create a nightly tester for Sparc.</li>
116 <li>Modify the test suite to have consistent output.</li>
117 <li>Add Pass/Fail tests to nightly tester.<br>
119 <li>Make the USE_SPEC option work for the test directory.</li>
120 <li>Cleanup test/Programs.</li>
123 <li>Move the pool allocator and Reoptimizer code out of mainline CVS
124 and the release.</li>
125 <li>Add autoconf checks to ensure that the compiler is GCC 3.x or higher.<br>
127 <li>Documentation</li>
130 <li>Write documentation on the LLVM tools.</li>
131 <li>Review docs, ensuring that the information is up to date.</li>
134 <li>GCC C Front End<br>
138 <li>Create a fix (i.e. better hack) for the sys/select.h hack.</li>
144 <li>Ensure all software in source tree has proper license.<br>
150 <li>Check licenses in test/Programs to ensure everything is good.</li>
151 <li>Create license files for anything in the distribution that is
152 not under our license.<br>
156 <li>Ensure SafeCode builds.</li>
157 <li>Create a system for managing development and releases
158 (i.e. CVS branching, labeling revisions, etc).<br>
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174 size="+1" face="Georgia,Palatino"><b><a name="medium">Medium Priority</a></b><a
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184 <li>Improve documentation on how to create an LLVM project.<br>
189 <li>Cleanup Reoptimizer tests so that they fit into the framework.<br>
193 <li>Create an installer for the
195 <li>Put autoconf files into a separate directory (i.e. not llvm).<br>
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211 size="+1" face="Georgia,Palatino"><b><a name="low">Low Priority</a></b><a
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221 <li>GCC C Front End</li>
224 <li>Place the C front end into the CVS repository.</li>
225 <li>Ensure that the C front end compiles and installs nicely.</li>
226 <li>Add C++ support.<br>
230 <li>Release Management</li>
233 <li>Find and implement a bug reporting system (i.e. Bugzilla).</li>
236 <li>Make the projects/sample directory an actual example of LLVM code.</li>
240 <li>Create descriptions of what each test is doing (test specifications).<br>
242 <li>Test LLVM on various Linux distributions.</li>
243 <li>Test LLVM on various Solaris distributions.</li>
244 <li>Test LLVM on Solaris/x86.<br>
251 <li>Create a license for the UIUC specific LLVM code.</li>
252 <li>Add a license file to the distribution.</li>
253 <li>Add a copyright notice and license information to each source
257 <li>Documentation</li>
260 <li>Create man pages for the LLVM utilities.</li>
261 <li>Create man pages for the LLVM libraries.</li>
264 <li>Rewrite this page without Netscape Composer :)<br>
271 <address><a href="mailto:criswell@cs.uiuc.edu">John Criswell</a></address>
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