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Getting Involved
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LLVM welcomes contributions of all kinds. To get started, please review the following topics:
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.. contents::
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Contributing
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DeveloperPolicy
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CodeReview
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[docs] Adding a Support Policy
As discussed in the mailing list [1-4], we need a separation of support
tiers when requiring support from the whole community versus a
sub-community. Essentially, if a sub-community is active enough and
takes maintenance into their own internal costs without affecting other
parts of the community's maintenance costs, then code that is not
immediately relevant to all parts (ie. not released, actively tested,
etc) can still find its way into the LLVM main repository without major
pain points.
The main benefit is to reduce the maintenance cost that those
sub-communities have outside of LLVM (for example, in duplicating common
code, applying the same patches on top of multiple user repositories or
downstream projects).
This document outlines the components and responsibilities of the
sub-communities with regards to maintenance costs and how they affect
the rest of the community.
It also adds an addendum on removal policies, which expand the existing
"new target removal" policy into something more generic, to encompass
any piece of code, scripts or documents in the repository.
[1] http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-dev/2020-October/146249.html
[2] http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-dev/2020-November/146335.html
[3] http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-dev/2020-October/146138.html
[4] http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-dev/2020-November/146298.html
2020-11-04 14:15:59 +01:00
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SupportPolicy
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SphinxQuickstartTemplate
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Phabricator
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HowToSubmitABug
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BugLifeCycle
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CodingStandards
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GitBisecting
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:doc:`Contributing`
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An overview on how to contribute to LLVM.
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:doc:`DeveloperPolicy`
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The LLVM project's policy towards developers and their contributions.
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2020-03-07 05:55:46 +01:00
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:doc:`CodeReview`
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The LLVM project's code-review process.
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[docs] Adding a Support Policy
As discussed in the mailing list [1-4], we need a separation of support
tiers when requiring support from the whole community versus a
sub-community. Essentially, if a sub-community is active enough and
takes maintenance into their own internal costs without affecting other
parts of the community's maintenance costs, then code that is not
immediately relevant to all parts (ie. not released, actively tested,
etc) can still find its way into the LLVM main repository without major
pain points.
The main benefit is to reduce the maintenance cost that those
sub-communities have outside of LLVM (for example, in duplicating common
code, applying the same patches on top of multiple user repositories or
downstream projects).
This document outlines the components and responsibilities of the
sub-communities with regards to maintenance costs and how they affect
the rest of the community.
It also adds an addendum on removal policies, which expand the existing
"new target removal" policy into something more generic, to encompass
any piece of code, scripts or documents in the repository.
[1] http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-dev/2020-October/146249.html
[2] http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-dev/2020-November/146335.html
[3] http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-dev/2020-October/146138.html
[4] http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-dev/2020-November/146298.html
2020-11-04 14:15:59 +01:00
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:doc:`SupportPolicy`
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The LLVM support policy for core and non-core components.
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2019-09-21 22:56:40 +02:00
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:doc:`SphinxQuickstartTemplate`
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A template + tutorial for writing new Sphinx documentation. It is meant
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to be read in source form.
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:doc:`Phabricator`
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Describes how to use the Phabricator code review tool hosted on
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http://reviews.llvm.org/ and its command line interface, Arcanist.
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:doc:`HowToSubmitABug`
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Instructions for properly submitting information about any bugs you run into
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in the LLVM system.
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:doc:`BugLifeCycle`
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Describes how bugs are reported, triaged and closed.
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:doc:`CodingStandards`
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Details the LLVM coding standards and provides useful information on writing
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efficient C++ code.
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2020-02-10 21:33:20 +01:00
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:doc:`GitBisecting`
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Describes how to use ``git bisect`` on LLVM's repository.
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.. _development-process:
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Development Process
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Information about LLVM's development process.
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Projects
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Packaging
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ReleaseProcess
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HowToAddABuilder
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ReleaseNotes
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:doc:`Projects`
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How-to guide and templates for new projects that *use* the LLVM
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infrastructure. The templates (directory organization, Makefiles, and test
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tree) allow the project code to be located outside (or inside) the ``llvm/``
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tree, while using LLVM header files and libraries.
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:doc:`HowToReleaseLLVM`
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This is a guide to preparing LLVM releases. Most developers can ignore it.
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:doc:`ReleaseProcess`
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This is a guide to validate a new release, during the release process. Most developers can ignore it.
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:doc:`HowToAddABuilder`
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Instructions for adding new builder to LLVM buildbot master.
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:doc:`Packaging`
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Advice on packaging LLVM into a distribution.
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:doc:`Release notes for the current release <ReleaseNotes>`
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This describes new features, known bugs, and other limitations.
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.. _mailing-lists:
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Mailing Lists
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If you can't find what you need in these docs, try consulting the mailing
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lists.
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`Developer's List (llvm-dev)`__
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This list is for people who want to be included in technical discussions of
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LLVM. People post to this list when they have questions about writing code
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for or using the LLVM tools. It is relatively low volume.
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.. __: http://lists.llvm.org/mailman/listinfo/llvm-dev
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`Commits Archive (llvm-commits)`__
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This list contains all commit messages that are made when LLVM developers
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commit code changes to the repository. It also serves as a forum for
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patch review (i.e. send patches here). It is useful for those who want to
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stay on the bleeding edge of LLVM development. This list is very high
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volume.
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.. __: http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-commits/
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`Bugs & Patches Archive (llvm-bugs)`__
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This list gets emailed every time a bug is opened and closed. It is
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higher volume than the LLVM-dev list.
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.. __: http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-bugs/
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`Test Results Archive (llvm-testresults)`__
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A message is automatically sent to this list by every active nightly tester
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when it completes. As such, this list gets email several times each day,
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making it a high volume list.
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.. __: http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-testresults/
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`LLVM Announcements List (llvm-announce)`__
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This is a low volume list that provides important announcements regarding
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LLVM. It gets email about once a month.
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.. __: http://lists.llvm.org/mailman/listinfo/llvm-announce
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[docs] Describe reporting security issues on the chromium tracker.
To track security issues, we're starting with the chromium bug tracker
(using the llvm project there).
We considered using Github Security Advisories. However, they are
currently intended as a way for project owners to publicize their
security advisories, and aren't well-suited to reporting issues.
This also moves the issue-reporting paragraph to the beginning of the
document, in part to make it more discoverable, in part to allow the
anchor-linking to actually display the paragraph at the top of the page.
Note that this doesn't update the concrete list of security-sensitive
areas, which is still an open item. When we do, we may want to move the
list of security-sensitive areas next to the issue-reporting paragraph
as well, as it seems like relevant information needed in the reporting
process.
Finally, when describing the discission medium, this splits the topics
discussed into two: the concrete security issues, discussed in the
issue tracker, and the logistics of the group, in our mailing list,
as patches on public lists, and in the monthly sync-up call.
While there, add a SECURITY.md page linking to the relevant paragraph.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D100873
2021-04-20 19:31:26 +02:00
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Online Sync-Ups
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A number of regular calls are organized on specific topics. It should be
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expected that the range of topics will change over time. At the time of
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writing, the following sync-ups are organized:
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.. list-table:: LLVM regular sync-up calls
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- Calendar link
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- Minutes/docs link
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* - RISC-V
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- Monthly, every 3rd Tuesday
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- `Minutes/docs <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UPH2Hzou5RgGT8XfO39OmVXKEibWPfdYLELSaHr3xzo/edit>`__
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- Multiple meeting series, `documented here <https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/main/flang/docs/GettingInvolved.md#calls>`__
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- `Minutes/docs <https://docs.google.com/document/d/17U-WvX8qyKc3S36YUKr3xfF-GHunWyYowXbxEdpHscw>`__
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IRC
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Users and developers of the LLVM project (including subprojects such as Clang)
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can be found in #llvm on `irc.oftc.net <irc://irc.oftc.net/llvm>`_.
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This channel has several bots.
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* Buildbot reporters
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* llvmbb - Bot for the main LLVM buildbot master.
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* smooshlab - Apple's internal buildbot master.
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* robot - Bugzilla linker. %bug <number>
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* clang-bot - A `geordi <http://www.eelis.net/geordi/>`_ instance running
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near-trunk clang instead of gcc.
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Besides developer `meetings and conferences <https://llvm.org/devmtg/>`_,
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`LLVM Socials <https://www.meetup.com/pro/llvm/>`_. We greatly encourage you to
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.. _community-proposals:
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Community wide proposals
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Proposals for massive changes in how the community behaves and how the work flow
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can be better.
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BugpointRedesign
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[Doc] Proposal for vector predication
Summary:
Proposal and roadmap towards vector predication in LLVM.
This patch documents that
a) It is recognized that current LLVM is ill-equipped for vector predication.
b) The community is working on a solution.
c) A concrete prototype exists in the VP extension (D57504).
Reviewers: rkruppe, rengolin, cameron.mcinally, SjoerdMeijer, andrew.w.kaylor, craig.topper, sdesmalen, k-ishizaka, lattner, fhahn
Reviewed By: andrew.w.kaylor
Subscribers: rogfer01, merge_guards_bot, simoncook, s.egerton, llvm-commits, efocht
Tags: #llvm
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D73889
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:doc:`CodeOfConduct`
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Proposal to adopt a code of conduct on the LLVM social spaces (lists, events,
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IRC, etc).
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:doc:`Proposals/GitHubMove`
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Proposal to move from SVN/Git to GitHub.
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:doc:`BugpointRedesign`
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Design doc for a redesign of the Bugpoint tool.
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:doc:`Proposals/LLVMLibC`
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Proposal to add a libc implementation under the LLVM project.
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:doc:`Proposals/TestSuite`
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Proposals for additional benchmarks/programs for llvm's test-suite.
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:doc:`Proposals/VariableNames`
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Proposal to change the variable names coding standard.
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:doc:`Proposals/VectorizationPlan`
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[Doc] Proposal for vector predication
Summary:
Proposal and roadmap towards vector predication in LLVM.
This patch documents that
a) It is recognized that current LLVM is ill-equipped for vector predication.
b) The community is working on a solution.
c) A concrete prototype exists in the VP extension (D57504).
Reviewers: rkruppe, rengolin, cameron.mcinally, SjoerdMeijer, andrew.w.kaylor, craig.topper, sdesmalen, k-ishizaka, lattner, fhahn
Reviewed By: andrew.w.kaylor
Subscribers: rogfer01, merge_guards_bot, simoncook, s.egerton, llvm-commits, efocht
Tags: #llvm
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D73889
2020-02-10 10:34:58 +01:00
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Proposal to model the process and upgrade the infrastructure of LLVM's Loop Vectorizer.
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:doc:`Proposals/VectorPredication`
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Proposal for predicated vector instructions in LLVM.
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