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12 <li><a href="#priorities">Priorities</a>
14 <li><a href="#high">High Priority</a> </li>
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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53 list of things to do...
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63 face="Georgia,Palatino"><b><a name="high">High Priority</a></b><a
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74 <li>Finish QMTest Integration.<br>
77 <li>Documentation</li>
79 <li>Write documentation on the LLVM tools.</li>
80 <li>Create release notes.<br>
82 <li>Expand documentation on creating an LLVM project.</li>
83 <li>Create a FAQ for common problems.<br>
85 <li>Review docs, ensuring that the information is up to date.</li>
86 <li>Add an install doc to the source tree (web version gets
87 updated in main branch).<br>
90 <li>Improve GCC C/C++ Front End<br>
94 <li>Ensure all software in source tree has proper license.<br>
98 <li>Check licenses in test/Programs to ensure everything is good.</li>
99 <li>Create license files for anything in the distribution that is
100 not under our license.<br>
103 <li>Ensure SafeCode builds.</li>
104 <li>Ensure SPEC works.<br>
106 <li>Create a system for managing development and releases (i.e. CVS
107 branching, labeling revisions, etc).</li>
108 <li>Move utils/Burg, utils/Tblgen, and lib/Support into support/lib
109 and support/tools directory.<br>
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121 face="Georgia,Palatino"><b><a name="medium">Medium Priority</a></b><a
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128 <li>Improve documentation on how to create an LLVM project.<br>
132 <li>Add Feature and Regression tests to nightly tester.</li>
133 <li>Develop better QMTest database method.<br>
136 <li>Write regression tests.</li>
138 <li>The C++ constructor on dlopen() bug on Solaris.</li>
142 <li>Release Management</li>
146 <li>Find and implement a bug reporting system (i.e. Bugzilla).</li>
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158 face="Georgia,Palatino"><b><a name="low">Low Priority</a></b><a
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165 <li>GCC C Front End</li>
167 <li>Place the C front end into the CVS repository.</li>
168 <li>Ensure that the C front end compiles and installs nicely.</li>
170 <li>Create an installer for the software.</li>
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>
182 <li>Documentation</li>
184 <li>Create man pages for the LLVM utilities.</li>
185 <li>Create man pages for the LLVM libraries.</li>
187 <li>Rewrite this page without Netscape Composer :)<br>
192 <address><a href="mailto:criswell@cs.uiuc.edu">John Criswell</a></address>
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