[cfe-dev] [llvm-dev] State of NaCl in monorepo?

[Derek Schuff via cfe-dev]

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> IIUC, Derek is saying that a build of Chrome uses the limited NaCl
> support, but they plan to stop this on June 2021. It’s therefore usable in
> a limited manner,
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Yes, all the official Chrome builds use it, or will soon.


> and I don’t think there's much of a cost to the LLVM community if we leave
> in until June 2021. Keeping it in likely makes his life easier because they
> don’t need to maintain downstream patches while the turn NaCl down. I
> imagine that Derek has already implicitly signed up for this maintenance,
> if ever is required, as well as for the removal in June 2021.
>

Yes, exactly.


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> I see ~zero cost, and upsides for Derek’s team, in keeping this for now.
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There are also some pieces that are specific to PNaCl (the portable subset)
rather than NaCl that we can remove right away if folks want that.
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