[aur-general] Packaging LLVM

[Tobias Kieslich]

Hi,

I'm using LLVM myself, especially with clang and the static analyzer. I
would like to see LLVM and clang separated, however the clang version is
only available via svn and that depends on LLVM-svn very much.

So I think it's better to build a general LLVM package with the gcc-
frontend for stable development and a conflicting/providing llvm-clang
package from svn. All that must be tested, if it works with
otherllvm-realated packages (the llvm based D-compiler comes to mind)

-T

On Mon, 26 Oct 2009, Ranguvar wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I see that the package 'llvm' is in [community], is orphaned, and is
> out-of-date.  I've spent considerable time working on packaging LLVM and its
> add-ons, the Clang C-family compiler front-end and the GCC frontend.
> Therefore, I'd like to help package LLVM.
> I already wrote a PKGBUILD for v2.6 of LLVM (the package we have is v2.5),
> and it also has a lot of fixes and niceties.
> 
> I'd like to discuss how best to proceed with LLVM -- whether Clang should be
> included in the llvm package or as an alternate package of LLVM and Clang,
> 'llvm-clang', stuff like that.
> 
> In fact, what may work best is if llvm could be dropped into the AUR, where
> I will then adopt it and update it (and potentially add 'llvm-clang' and
> such as is decided), and then if a TU wants it in [community] (which would
> make sense), it can be adopted by a TU.
> 
> Thanks!
>         Devin Cofer, aka Ranguvar