[LLVMdev] RFC: Staging area proposal for new backends

[Chris Lattner]

On Jul 27, 2012, at 1:39 PM, Tom Stellard wrote:
> 
>> We also need to come up with a plan regarding cutting releases. When
>> 3.2 is branched, will all "staged" back-ends be removed?  Or will
>> they be left in the distribution so interested parties can build
>> them?
>> 
> 
> I can't really think of any disadvantages to keeping staged backends
> in releases.  Being in a release would help a backend get more exposure
> and increase the number of users/testers it would get.

I agree, there is no reason to remove it from the source drop of the release.  The binaries produced for each release shouldn't include them though.

-Chris

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