[cfe-dev] [llvm-dev] FIXME Hunt Round Table

[Vassil Vassilev via cfe-dev]

Hi Chuanqi,

   I imagined that people interested will show up, at real time, and 
work on some pre-picked items/areas. I think the benefit from the real 
time participation is we could ask code owners for reviews/help.

   I agree that a Hackers Lab might have been a better format but I do 
not think there is such a thing this year. I am open to any suggestions 
how to a better format or make this more efficient.

Best, Vassil

On 10/29/21 7:08 PM, chuanqi.xcq wrote:
> Hi Vassil,
>
>  The proposal looks interesting. But I have a basic question to ask.
> What does a round table mean? Does it require us to attend a meeting 
> at real time.
> Or does it mean a project that people could interact with each other 
> more quickly?
>
> Thanks,
> Chuanqi
>
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>     To:Vassil Vassilev <v.g.vassilev at gmail.com>; David Blaikie
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>     Cc:llvm-dev <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org>; Clang Dev
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>     Subject:Re: [llvm-dev] [cfe-dev] FIXME Hunt Round Table
>
>     This topic is very relevant indeed. I made a quick check in the
>     clang sources and this is the FIXME count for different releases:
>
>     Release #FIXME  Increase
>     14 6101       12
>     13           6089       57
>     12           6032       242
>     11           5790       134
>     10           5656       320
>     9             5336       286
>     8             5050       53
>     7             4997       200
>     6             4797       157
>     5             4640       214
>     4             4426
>
>     In summary, the number of FIXMEs keeps growing... While I think we
>     should definitely address this I feel it might not be easy within
>     1h slot. This could be an excellent task for a Hacker Lab for
>     example. I am not sure though whether it is planned for this year?
>
>     Other formats we can consider are:
>
>       * Brainstorming our FIXME policy and what can be done to
>         avoid/reduce the growth. Should we start tagging FIXMEs by a
>         domain or severity level and etc to help find the most
>         relevant ones?
>       * Build some tooling e.g. finding the oldest FIXMEs or checking
>         which domains have more FIXMEs. I would particularly be
>         interested in a way to classify them... It's been a while I am
>         trying to find a way to filter OpenCL-specific FIXMEs. I think
>         finding relevant FIXME could be a good first step forward.
>
>
>     Overall I would be happy to join this session in whichever format
>     as soon as it is in reasonable enough timing for me (AM hours
>     would work best!).
>
>
>     Cheers,
>     Anastasia
>
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>     David Blaikie via cfe-dev <cfe-dev at lists.llvm.org>
>     *Sent:* 28 October 2021 20:55
>     *To:* Vassil Vassilev <v.g.vassilev at gmail.com>
>     *Cc:* llvm-dev <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org>; Clang Dev
>     <cfe-dev at lists.llvm.org>
>     *Subject:* Re: [cfe-dev] [llvm-dev] FIXME Hunt Round Table
>     I like the idea, and would be happy to help in an advisory
>     capacity - answering folks questions about whether a given FIXME
>     is easy/hard (as far as I know) and where to go to maybe fix it.
>     But doubt I have the motivation to be driving/working on fixes
>     myself, unfortunately.
>
>     On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 3:05 AM Vassil Vassilev via llvm-dev
>     <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
>     Hi folks,
>
>        I was thinking to submit a round table focusing on resolving
>     FIXMEs
>     in the codebase of clang and llvm. The idea is FIXME hunters to
>     bring a
>     laptop and start hunting down the 13K FIXMEs in both codebases.
>
>        Ideally we would invite code owners to provide key insights and to
>     possibly review patches quickly.
>
>        I am wondering if that sounds fun and are there people willing
>     to engage?
>
>     Best, Vassil
>
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