[LLVMdev] "Different" Summer of Code Ideas

[Jim Grosbach]

I'm glad to see some folks showing interest in this. It's a fantastic idea, and would be a great way to potentially make a big impact on llvm. Thanks to Daniel for suggesting it!

-Jim


On Mar 22, 2010, at 8:06 PM, Daniel Dunbar wrote:

> Hello LLVMers (in particular, LLVMers interested in GSoC),
> 
> Since people seem interested in GSoC project ideas, here is one that
> might not be totally obvious -- work on LLVM's testing infrastructure!
> :)
> 
> I have been working hard on modernizing our nightly test performance
> monitoring software, but there is a lot more work to be done. As LLVM
> developers, we rely on this software for tracking performance, but
> don't get much time to maintain or improve it.
> 
> I would really like to find a motivated student who enjoys building
> user interfaces and web apps (and preferably has some experience) and
> would like to contribute to the LLVM project. There are lots of
> opportunities to make an interesting project out of this -- either at
> a very application level by redefining the UI, or at a more research
> level by focusing on the compiler-related aspects of performance
> testings (for example, automatically looking for micro-architectural
> performance variations).
> 
> Please let me know if you are interested in this kind of a Summer of
> Code project.
> 
> Cheers,
> - Daniel
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