Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2021 12:37:25 +0100 From: =?UTF-8?Q?Micha=C5=82_G=C3=B3rny?= <mgorny@moritz.systems> To: "Floyd, Paul" <paulf2718@gmail.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: llvm/clang upstream Message-ID: <2cd0ba0002db6d25c41a8dc8f2a856b372370605.camel@moritz.systems> In-Reply-To: <43a13a6b-baee-e8cb-3624-ee98da510ad0@gmail.com> References: <43a13a6b-baee-e8cb-3624-ee98da510ad0@gmail.com>
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On Tue, 2021-11-30 at 12:08 +0100, Floyd, Paul wrote: > Not sure where the best place is to ask this. > > Any ideas why llvm seems so incredibly slow in taking FreeBSD patches? > > It would be nice to be able to just 'git clone && cmake && make' > (roughly speaking). In my opinion, LLVM is an overgrown project whose organization structure didn't follow. I don't know about FreeBSD patches specifically but in general the hardest part is finding someone to approve your patch. Many patches rot without a single reply from anyone, and I think the whole process discourages people from trying. -- Best regards, Michał Górny
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