[LLVMdev] 1.9 Prerelease Available for Testing

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi Tanya,

> >  * The llvm-1.9.tar.gz file unpacks to a dir named "llvm". Shouldn't
> >  that be llvm-1.9?
> 
> We have always labeled the dir just llvm which is fine. If you build
> llvm it will know its version 1.9.

I think that's missing the point.  Convention is the foo-4.2.tar unpacks
to a directory called foo-4.2.  It's a unwelcome surprise when it
doesn't, e.g. unpacking foo-4.1.tar and foo-4.2.tar in the same
directory for comparision, or worse unpacking foo-4.1.tar alongside your
llvm work directory.

Sure, it can be worked around, but even the Linux kernel followed this
convention in the end.  Please consider it for the future.

Cheers,


Ralph.