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<title>How To Release LLVM To The Public</title>
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<div class="doc_title">How To Release LLVM To The Public</div>
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<ol>
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<li><a href="#introduction">Introduction</a></li>
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<li><a href="#criteria">Qualification Criteria</a></li>
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<li><a href="#introduction">Release Timeline</a></li>
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<li><a href="#process">Release Process</a></li>
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<div class="doc_author">
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<p>Written by <a href="mailto:tonic@nondot.org">Tanya Lattner</a>,
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<a href="mailto:rspencer@x10sys.com">Reid Spencer</a>,
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<a href="mailto:criswell@cs.uiuc.edu">John Criswell</a>, &
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<a href="mailto:wendling@apple.com">Bill Wendling</a>
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</p>
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</div>
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<div class="doc_section"><a name="introduction">Introduction</a></div>
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<div class="doc_text">
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<p>This document contains information about successfully releasing LLVM —
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including subprojects: e.g., <tt>llvm-gcc</tt> and <tt>clang</tt> — to
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the public. It is the Release Manager's responsibility to ensure that a high
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quality build of LLVM is released.</p>
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<div class="doc_section"><a name="process">Release Timeline</a></div>
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<div class="doc_text">
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<p>LLVM is released on a time based schedule — roughly every 6 months. We
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do not normally have dot releases because of the nature of LLVM's incremental
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development philosophy. That said, the only thing preventing dot releases for
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critical bug fixes from happening is a lack of resources — testers,
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machines, time, etc. And, because of the high quality we desire for LLVM
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releases, we cannot allow for a truncated form of release qualification.</p>
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<p>The release process is roughly as follows:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><p>Set code freeze and branch creation date for 6 months after last code
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freeze date. Announce release schedule to the LLVM community and update
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the website.</p></li>
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<li><p>Create release branch and begin release process.</p></li>
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<li><p>Send out release candidate sources for first round of testing. Testing
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lasts 7-10 days. During the first round of testing, any regressions found
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should be fixed. Patches are merged from mainline into the release
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branch. Also, all features need to be completed during this time. Any
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features not completed at the end of the first round of testing will be
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removed or disabled for the release.</p></li>
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<li><p>Generate and send out the second release candidate sources. Only
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<em>critial</em> bugs found during this testing phase will be fixed. Any
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bugs introduced by merged patches will be fixed. If so a third round of
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testing is needed.</p></li>
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<li><p>The release notes are updated.</p></li>
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<li><p>Finally, release!</p></li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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<div class="doc_section"><a name="process">Release Process</a></div>
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<div class="doc_text">
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<ol>
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<li><a href="#release-admin">Release Administrative Tasks</a></li>
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<ol>
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<li><a href="#branch">Create Release Branch</a></li>
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<li><a href="#verchanges">Update Version Numbers</a></li>
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</ol>
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<li><a href="#release-build">Building the Release</a></li>
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<ol>
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<li><a href="#dist">Build the LLVM Source Distributions</a></li>
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<li><a href="#build">Build LLVM</a></li>
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<li><a href="#llvmgccbin">Build the LLVM-GCC Binary Distribution</a></li>
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<li><a href="#clangbin">Build the Clang Binary Distribution</a></li>
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<li><a href="#target-build">Target Specific Build Details</a></li>
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</ol>
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<li><a href="#release-qualify">Release Qualification Criteria</a></li>
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<ol>
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<li><a href="#llvm-qualify">Qualify LLVM</a></li>
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<li><a href="#llvmgcc-qualify">Qualify LLVM-GCC</a></li>
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<li><a href="#clang-qualify">Qualify Clang</a></li>
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<li><a href="#targets">Specific Target Qualification Details</a></li>
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</ol>
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<li><a href="#commTest">Community Testing</a></li>
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<li><a href="#release-patch">Release Patch Rules</a></li>
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<li><a href="#release-final">Release final tasks</a></li>
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<ol>
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<li><a href="#updocs">Update Documentation</a></li>
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<li><a href="#tag">Tag the LLVM Final Release</a></li>
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<li><a href="#updemo">Update the LLVM Demo Page</a></li>
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<li><a href="#webupdates">Update the LLVM Website</a></li>
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<li><a href="#announce">Announce the Release</a></li>
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</ol>
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</ol>
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</div>
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<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="release-admin">Release Administrative Tasks</a></div>
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<div class="doc_text">
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<p>This section describes a few administrative tasks that need to be done for
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the release process to begin. Specifically, it involves:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Creating the release branch,</li>
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<li>Setting version numbers, and</li>
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<li>Tagging release candidates for the release team to begin testing</li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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<div class="doc_subsubsection"><a name="branch">Create Release Branch</a></div>
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<div class="doc_text">
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<p>Branch the Subversion trunk using the following procedure:</p>
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<ol>
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<li><p>Remind developers that the release branching is imminent and to refrain
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from committing patches that might break the build. E.g., new features,
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large patches for works in progress, an overhaul of the type system, an
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exciting new TableGen feature, etc.</p></li>
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<li><p>Verify that the current Subversion trunk is in decent shape by
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examining nightly tester and buildbot results.</p></li>
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<li><p>Create the release branch for <tt>llvm</tt>, <tt>llvm-gcc-4.2</tt>,
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<tt>clang</tt>, and the <tt>test-suite</tt> from the last known good
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revision. The branch's name is <tt>release_XY</tt>, where <tt>X</tt> is
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the major and <tt>Y</tt> the minor release numbers. The branches should be
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created using the following commands:</p>
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<div class="doc_code">
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<pre>
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$ svn copy https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk \
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https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/branches/release_<i>XY</i>
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$ svn copy https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm-gcc-4.2/trunk \
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https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm-gcc-4.2/branches/release_<i>XY</i>
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$ svn copy https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/test-suite/trunk \
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https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/test-suite/branches/release_<i>XY</i>
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$ svn copy https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/cfe/trunk \
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https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/cfe/branches/release_<i>XY</i>
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</pre>
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</div></li>
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<li><p>Advise developers that they may now check their patches into the
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Subversion tree again.</p></li>
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<li><p>The Release Manager should switch to the release branch, because all
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changes to the release will now be done in the branch. The easiest way to
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do this is to grab a working copy using the following commands:</p>
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<pre>
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$ svn co https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/branches/release_<i>XY</i> llvm-<i>X.Y</i>
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$ svn co https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm-gcc-4.2/branches/release_<i>XY</i> llvm-gcc-4.2-<i>X.Y</i>
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$ svn co https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/test-suite/branches/release_<i>XY</i> test-suite-<i>X.Y</i>
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$ svn co https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/cfe/branches/release_<i>XY</i> clang-<i>X.Y</i>
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</pre>
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</div></li>
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</ol>
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</div>
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<div class="doc_subsubsection"><a name="verchanges">Update LLVM Version</a></div>
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<div class="doc_text">
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<p>After creating the LLVM release branch, update the release branches'
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<tt>autoconf</tt> and <tt>configure.ac</tt> versions from '<tt>X.Ysvn</tt>'
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to '<tt>X.Y</tt>'. Update it on mainline as well to be the next version
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('<tt>X.Y+1svn</tt>'). Regenerate the configure scripts for both
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<tt>llvm</tt> and the <tt>test-suite</tt>.</p>
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<p>In addition, the version numbers of all the Bugzilla components must be
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updated for the next release.</p>
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</div>
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<div class="doc_subsubsection"><a name="dist">Build the LLVM Release Candidates</a></div>
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<div class="doc_text">
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<p>Create release candidates for <tt>llvm</tt>, <tt>llvm-gcc</tt>,
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<tt>clang</tt>, and the LLVM <tt>test-suite</tt> by tagging the branch with
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the respective release candidate number. For instance, to create <b>Release
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Candidate 1</b> you would issue the following commands:</p>
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<div class="doc_code">
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<pre>
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$ svn mkdir https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/tags/RELEASE_<i>XY</i>
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$ svn copy https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/branches/release_<i>XY</i> \
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https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/tags/RELEASE_<i>XY</i>/RC1
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$ svn mkdir https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm-gcc-4.2/tags/RELEASE_<i>XY</i>
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$ svn copy https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm-gcc-4.2/branches/release_<i>XY</i> \
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https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm-gcc-4.2/tags/RELEASE_<i>XY</i>/RC1
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$ svn mkdir https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/test-suite/tags/RELEASE_<i>XY</i>
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$ svn copy https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/test-suite/branches/release_<i>XY</i> \
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https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/test-suite/tags/RELEASE_<i>XY</i>/RC1
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$ svn mkdir https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/cfe/tags/RELEASE_<i>XY</i>
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$ svn copy https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/cfe/branches/release_<i>XY</i> \
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https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/cfe/tags/RELEASE_<i>XY</i>/RC1
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</pre>
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</div>
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<p>Similarly, <b>Release Candidate 2</b> would be named <tt>RC2</tt> and so
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on. This keeps a permanent copy of the release candidate around for people to
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export and build as they wish. The final released sources will be tagged in
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the <tt>RELEASE_<i>XY</i></tt> directory as <tt>Final</tt>
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(c.f. <a href="#tag">Tag the LLVM Final Release</a>).</p>
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<p>The Release Manager may supply pre-packaged source tarballs for users. This
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can be done with the following commands:</p>
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<div class="doc_code">
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<pre>
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$ svn export https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/tags/RELEASE_<i>XY</i>/RC1 llvm-<i>X.Y</i>rc1
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$ svn export https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm-gcc-4.2/tags/RELEASE_<i>XY</i>/RC1 llvm-gcc4.2-<i>X.Y</i>rc1
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$ svn export https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/test-suite/tags/RELEASE_<i>XY</i>/RC1 llvm-test-<i>X.Y</i>rc1
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$ svn export https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/cfe/tags/RELEASE_<i>XY</i>/RC1 clang-<i>X.Y</i>rc1
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$ tar -czvf - llvm-<i>X.Y</i>rc1 | gzip > llvm-<i>X.Y</i>rc1.src.tar.gz
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$ tar -czvf - llvm-test-<i>X.Y</i>rc1 | gzip > llvm-test-<i>X.Y</i>rc1.src.tar.gz
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$ tar -czvf - llvm-gcc4.2-<i>X.Y</i>rc1 | gzip > llvm-gcc-4.2-<i>X.Y</i>rc1.src.tar.gz
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$ tar -czvf - clang-<i>X.Y</i>rc1 | gzip > clang-<i>X.Y</i>rc1.src.tar.gz
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</pre>
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</div>
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<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="release-build">Building the Release</a></div>
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<div class="doc_text">
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<p>The builds of <tt>llvm</tt>, <tt>llvm-gcc</tt>, and <tt>clang</tt>
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<em>must</em> be free of errors and warnings in Debug, Release+Asserts, and
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Release builds. If all builds are clean, then the release passes Build
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Qualification.</p>
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<p>The <tt>make</tt> options for building the different modes:</p>
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<table>
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<tr><th>Mode</th><th>Options</th></tr>
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<tr align="left"><td>Debug</td><td><tt>ENABLE_OPTIMIZED=0</tt></td></tr>
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<tr align="left"><td>Release+Asserts</td><td><tt>ENABLE_OPTIMIZED=1</tt></td></tr>
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<tr align="left"><td>Release</td><td><tt>ENABLE_OPTIMIZED=1 DISABLE_ASSERTIONS=1</tt></td></tr>
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</table>
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</div>
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<div class="doc_subsubsection"><a name="build">Build LLVM</a></div>
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<div class="doc_text">
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<p>Build <tt>Debug</tt>, <tt>Release+Asserts</tt>, and <tt>Release</tt> versions
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of <tt>llvm</tt> on all supported platforms. Directions to build
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<tt>llvm</tt> are
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<a href="http://llvm.org/docs/GettingStarted.html#quickstart">here</a>.</p>
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</div>
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<div class="doc_subsubsection"><a name="llvmgccbin">Build the LLVM GCC Binary Distribution</a></div>
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<div class="doc_text">
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<p>Creating the <tt>llvm-gcc</tt> binary distribution (Release/Optimized)
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requires performing the following steps for each supported platform:</p>
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<ol>
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<li><p>Build the <tt>llvm-gcc</tt> front-end by following the directions in
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the <tt>README.LLVM</tt> file. The front-end must be compiled with C, C++,
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Objective-C (Mac only), Objective-C++ (Mac only), and Fortran
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support.</p></li>
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<li><p>Boostrapping must be enabled.</p></li>
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<li><p>Be sure to build with <tt>LLVM_VERSION_INFO=X.Y</tt>, where <tt>X</tt>
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is the major and <tt>Y</tt> is the minor release numbers.</p></li>
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<li><p>Copy the installation directory to a directory named for the specific
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target. For example on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the directory would be
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named <tt>llvm-gcc4.2-2.6-x86-linux-RHEL4</tt>. Archive and compress the
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new directory.</p></li>
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</ol>
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</div>
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<div class="doc_subsubsection"><a name="clangbin">Build Clang Binary Distribution</a></div>
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<div class="doc_text">
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<p>Creating the <tt>clang</tt> binary distribution
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(Debug/Release+Asserts/Release) requires performing the following steps for
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each supported platform:</p>
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<ol>
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<li>Build clang according to the directions
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<a href="http://clang.llvm.org/get_started.html">here</a>.</li>
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<li>Build both a debug and release version of clang. The binary will be the
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release build.</lI>
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<li>Package <tt>clang</tt> (details to follow).</li>
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</ol>
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</div>
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<div class="doc_subsubsection"><a name="target-build">Target Specific Build Details</a></div>
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<div class="doc_text">
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<p>The table below specifies which compilers are used for each Arch/OS
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combination when qualifying the build of <tt>llvm</tt>, <tt>llvm-gcc</tt>,
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and <tt>clang</tt>.</p>
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<table>
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<tr><th>Architecture</th><th>OS</th><th>compiler</th></tr>
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<tr><td>x86-32</td><td>Mac OS 10.5</td><td>gcc 4.0.1</td></tr>
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<tr><td>x86-32</td><td>Linux</td><td>gcc 4.2.X, gcc 4.3.X</td></tr>
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<tr><td>x86-32</td><td>FreeBSD</td><td>gcc 4.2.X</td></tr>
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<tr><td>x86-32</td><td>mingw</td><td>gcc 3.4.5</td></tr>
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<tr><td>x86-64</td><td>Mac OS 10.5</td><td>gcc 4.0.1</td></tr>
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<tr><td>x86-64</td><td>Linux</td><td>gcc 4.2.X, gcc 4.3.X</td></tr>
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<tr><td>x86-64</td><td>FreeBSD</td><td>gcc 4.2.X</td></tr>
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</table>
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<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="release-qualify">
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Building the Release</a></div>
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<div class="doc_text">
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<p>A release is qualified when it has no regressions from the previous release
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(or baseline). Regressions are related to correctness first and performance
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second. (We may tolerate some minor performance regressions if they are
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deemed necessary for the general quality of the compiler.)</p>
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<p><b>Regressions are new failures in the set of tests that are used to qualify
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each product and only include things on the list. Every release will have
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some bugs in it. It is the reality of developing a complex piece of
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software. We need a very concrete and definitive release criteria that
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ensures we have monotonically improving quality on some metric. The metric we
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use is described below. This doesn't mean that we don't care about other
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criteria, but these are the criteria which we found to be most important and
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which must be satisfied before a release can go out</b></p>
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</div>
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<div class="doc_subsubsection"><a name="llvm-qualify">Qualify LLVM</a></div>
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<div class="doc_text">
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<p>LLVM is qualified when it has a clean test run without a front-end. And it
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has no regressions when using either <tt>llvm-gcc</tt> or <tt>clang</tt> with
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the <tt>test-suite</tt> from the previous release.</p>
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<div class="doc_subsubsection"><a name="llvmgcc-qualify">Qualify LLVM-GCC</a></div>
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<div class="doc_text">
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<p><tt>LLVM-GCC</tt> is qualified when front-end specific tests in the
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<tt>llvm</tt> regression test suite all pass and there are no regressions in
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the <tt>test-suite</tt>.</p>
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<p>We do not use the GCC DejaGNU test suite as release criteria.</p>
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<div class="doc_subsubsection"><a name="clang-qualify">Qualify Clang</a></div>
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<div class="doc_text">
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<p><tt>Clang</tt> is qualified when front-end specific tests in the
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<tt>llvm</tt> dejagnu test suite all pass, clang's own test suite passes
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cleanly, and there are no regressions in the <tt>test-suite</tt>.</p>
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<div class="doc_subsubsection"><a name="targets">Specific Target
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Qualification Details</a></div>
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<div class="doc_text">
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<table>
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<tr><th>Architecture</th><th>OS</th><th>llvm-gcc baseline</th><th>clang baseline</th><th>tests</th></tr>
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<tr><td>x86-32</td><td>Linux</td><td>last release</td><td>last release</td><td>llvm dejagnu, clang tests, test-suite (including spec)</td></tr>
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<tr><td>x86-32</td><td>FreeBSD</td><td>none</td><td>last release</td><td>llvm dejagnu, clang tests, test-suite</td></tr>
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<tr><td>x86-32</td><td>mingw</td><td>last release</td><td>none</td><td>QT</td></tr>
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<tr><td>x86-64</td><td>Mac OS 10.X</td><td>last release</td><td>last release</td><td>llvm dejagnu, clang tests, test-suite (including spec)</td></tr>
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<tr><td>x86-64</td><td>Linux</td><td>last release</td><td>last release</td><td>llvm dejagnu, clang tests, test-suite (including spec)</td></tr>
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<tr><td>x86-64</td><td>FreeBSD</td><td>none</td><td>last release</td><td>llvm dejagnu, clang tests, test-suite</td></tr>
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<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="commTest">Community Testing</a></div>
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<div class="doc_text">
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<p>Once all testing has been completed and appropriate bugs filed, the release
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candidate tarballs are put on the website and the LLVM community is
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notified. Ask that all LLVM developers test the release in 2 ways:</p>
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<ol>
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<li>Download <tt>llvm-<i>X.Y</i></tt>, <tt>llvm-test-<i>X.Y</i></tt>, and the
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appropriate <tt>llvm-gcc</tt> and/or <tt>clang</tt> binary. Build
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LLVM. Run <tt>make check</tt> and the full LLVM test suite (<tt>make
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TEST=nightly report</tt>).</li>
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<li>Download <tt>llvm-<i>X.Y</i></tt>, <tt>llvm-test-<i>X.Y</i></tt>, and the
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<tt>llvm-gcc</tt> and/or <tt>clang</tt> source. Compile everything. Run
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<tt>make check</tt> and the full LLVM test suite (<tt>make TEST=nightly
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report</tt>).</li>
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</ol>
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<p>Ask LLVM developers to submit the test suite report and <tt>make check</tt>
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results to the list. Verify that there are no regressions from the previous
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release. The results are not used to qualify a release, but to spot other
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potential problems. For unsupported targets, verify that <tt>make check</tt>
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is at least clean.</p>
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<p>During the first round of testing, all regressions must be fixed before the
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second release candidate is tagged.</p>
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<p>If this is the second round of testing, the testing is only to ensure that
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bug fixes previously merged in have not created new major problems. <i>This
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is not the time to solve additional and unrelated bugs!</i> If no patches are
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merged in, the release is determined to be ready and the release manager may
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move onto the next stage.</p>
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<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="release-patch">Release Patch Rules</a></div>
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<div class="doc_text">
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<p>Below are the rules regarding patching the release branch:</p>
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<ol>
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<li><p>Patches applied to the release branch may only be applied by the
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release manager.</p></li>
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<li><p>During the first round of testing, patches that fix regressions or that
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are small and relatively risk free (verified by the appropriate code
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owner) are applied to the branch. Code owners are asked to be very
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conservative in approving patches for the branch. We reserve the right to
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reject any patch that does not fix a regression as previously
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defined.</p></li>
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<li><p>During the remaining rounds of testing, only patches that fix critical
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regressions may be applied.</p></li>
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</ol>
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<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="release-final">Release Final Tasks
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</a></div>
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<div class="doc_text">
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<p>The final stages of the release process involves tagging the "final" release
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branch, updating documentation that refers to the release, and updating the
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demo page.</p>
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</div>
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<div class="doc_subsubsection"><a name="updocs">Update Documentation</a></div>
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<div class="doc_text">
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<p>Review the documentation and ensure that it is up to date. The "Release
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Notes" must be updated to reflect new features, bug fixes, new known issues,
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and changes in the list of supported platforms. The "Getting Started Guide"
|
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should be updated to reflect the new release version number tag avaiable from
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Subversion and changes in basic system requirements. Merge both changes from
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mainline into the release branch.</p>
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</div>
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<div class="doc_subsubsection"><a name="tag">Tag the LLVM Final Release</a></div>
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<div class="doc_text">
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<p>Tag the final release sources using the following procedure:</p>
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<div class="doc_code">
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<pre>
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$ svn copy https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/branches/release_XY \
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https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/tags/RELEASE_<i>XY</i>/Final
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$ svn copy https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm-gcc-4.2/branches/release_XY \
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https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm-gcc-4.2/tags/RELEASE_<i>XY</i>/Final
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$ svn copy https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/test-suite/branches/release_XY \
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https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/test-suite/tags/RELEASE_<i>XY</i>/Final
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$ svn copy https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/cfe/branches/release_XY \
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https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/cfe/tags/RELEASE_<i>XY</i>/Final
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</pre>
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</div>
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<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="updemo">Update the LLVM Demo Page</a></div>
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<div class="doc_text">
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|
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<p>The LLVM demo page must be updated to use the new release. This consists of
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using the new <tt>llvm-gcc</tt> binary and building LLVM.</p>
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<div class="doc_subsubsection"><a name="webupdates">Update the LLVM Website</a></div>
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<div class="doc_text">
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|
|
|
<p>The website must be updated before the release announcement is sent out. Here
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is what to do:</p>
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|
|
<ol>
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<li>Check out the <tt>www</tt> module from Subversion.</li>
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|
|
<li>Create a new subdirectory <tt>X.Y</tt> in the releases directory.</li>
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|
|
|
<li>Commit the <tt>llvm</tt>, <tt>test-suite</tt>, <tt>llvm-gcc</tt> source,
|
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<tt>clang source</tt>, <tt>clang binaries</tt>, and <tt>llvm-gcc</tt>
|
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binaries in this new directory.</li>
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|
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<li>Copy and commit the <tt>llvm/docs</tt> and <tt>LICENSE.txt</tt> files
|
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into this new directory. The docs should be built with
|
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<tt>BUILD_FOR_WEBSITE=1</tt>.</li>
|
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|
|
<li>Commit the <tt>index.html</tt> to the <tt>release/X.Y</tt> directory to
|
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redirect (use from previous release.</li>
|
|
|
|
<li>Update the <tt>releases/download.html</tt> file with the new release.</li>
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|
<li>Update the <tt>releases/index.html</tt> with the new release and link to
|
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release documentation.</li>
|
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|
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<li>Finally, update the main page (<tt>index.html</tt> and sidebar) to point
|
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to the new release and release announcement. Make sure this all gets
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committed back into Subversion.</li>
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</ol>
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<div class="doc_subsubsection"><a name="announce">Announce the Release</a></div>
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|
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<div class="doc_text">
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<p>Have Chris send out the release announcement when everything is finished.</p>
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