[cfe-dev] Clang Static Analyzer Feature Bounties

[Artem Dergachev via cfe-dev]

Yeah, I guess, The LLVM Foundation might be the right contact for the 
business/commercial side of things (not sure).

On the technical side - I'm currently reviewing a large portion of 
patches for the analyzer. I'd be happy to review and accept any patches, 
regardless of where they came from - under the usual terms of the LLVM 
developer policy (you should totally have a look at it). Most 
importantly, please discuss any non-trivial work before you start 
coding, and split it up into small incremental patches that gradually 
improve an experimental feature until it's ready to be turned on by 
default - this is called "developing under the flag". For example, a new 
checker will stay in the alpha package during development, and an 
experimental analyzer core feature will be disabled by an 
-analyzer-config option. The main point here is to speed up reviews and 
make sure you don't need to re-do anything - because it's extremely hard 
to do anything right with LLVM in isolation. Of course, I cannot 
guarantee that any particular patch is going to be accepted, at least 
not before I see it.

On 02/03/2018 3:17 PM, Jonas Toth via cfe-dev wrote:
> Hi,
>
> no. I dont have any major position, i would just potentially benefit
> from the bounties :P
>
> I dont know who has the power to decide about financial questions, but
> the LLVM deciders are most likely involved in it!
>
> All the best, Jonas :)
>
>
> Am 02.03.2018 um 23:21 schrieb Benjamin Bales:
>> Hi Jonas!
>>
>> Nice to hear from you.  We could certainly add clang-tidy to our
>> roadmap.  The primary reason we are interested in improving the clang
>> static analyzer is because we build our commercial product, CodeAI
>> (www.mycode.ai), on top of it.  I am hiring an internal work force to
>> enhance the checkers, but I am interesting in exploring open source
>> alternatives to push forward this work.  I have some ideas, but I
>> think it would be best if we could arrange a phone call next week
>> sometime to discuss things.  Are you the maintainer of this project?
>>
>> -Ben
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 4:59 PM, Jonas Toth via cfe-dev
>> <cfe-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> nice to hear! Would you consider clang-tidy as second part of clangs
>>> static analysis framework as worthwhile, too?
>>>
>>> All the best, Jonas
>>>
>>>
>>> Am 02.03.2018 um 22:48 schrieb Benjamin Bales via cfe-dev:
>>>> Greetings Clang Front End Developers!
>>>>
>>>> My name is Benjamin Bales, and I am the CTO and co-founder of
>>>> QbitLogic, a startup company in Atlanta.  We are interested in
>>>> sponsoring feature bounties to further develop the clang static
>>>> analyzer.  Can someone recommend me a point of contact with whom I can
>>>> open a dialogue? Let me know.  Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> Sincerely,
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