[llvm-commits] [Psuedo-PATCH] Getting Started

[Joe Abbey]

On Nov 30, 2012, at 6:54 PM, Sean Silva <silvas at purdue.edu> wrote:

>> What's a good next step?
> 
> Hi Joe, I hate to rain on your parade like this, but as I mentioned in
> the other thread I think that this is generally the wrong direction
> for the Getting Started document. Besides what I noted in the other
> thread, I highly doubt that any single script can cover all the bases
> that developers are going to want.

Yep even language of implementation was under contention. :-\
> I know for a fact that this script
> does not match my workflow and would not have helped me get started at
> all in any way whatsoever; it might have even confused me and made me
> unhappy that the "official" way to develop on LLVM is with svn, when
> in fact using git for local development is a fully supported

The intention was to make LLVM even more welcoming.  I didn't consider the potential for confusion.  So more emphasis on doc then it is. 

Joe