[llvm-dev] Target Acceptance Policy

[Mehdi Amini via llvm-dev]

> On Jul 26, 2016, at 12:16 PM, Renato Golin <renato.golin at linaro.org> wrote:
> 
> On 26 July 2016 at 20:07, Hal Finkel <hfinkel at anl.gov> wrote:
>> I think there are different kinds of inflexibility. We will use our collective professional judgment. There are some large-scale design changes that we might decide can happen over time. Whatever we decide to accept, however, needs to be in good shape for what it is and follow our coding conventions.
> 
> Absolutely. There is a large range of solutions, and we have been most
> successful on the ones we picked over the years. I think we should
> continue with the trend.
> 
> What (I think) I have proposed is nothing different than what we've
> been doing (ie. I'm not trying to change the status quo).
> 
> So, if that's not what's coming out, my wording is wrong, please
> advise. If it is, than I don't think we should argue *now*.
> 
> I just want to encode what is, and then, once we have something in,
> working and actively helping people add their targets, we can discuss
> (in separate) the merits of our current policies.

IIUC you are writing specifically that an experimental backend can be integrated without conforming to http://llvm.org/docs/DeveloperPolicy.html#quality <http://llvm.org/docs/DeveloperPolicy.html#quality> ; I don’t think this is a current “policy” but your writing is making it a policy AFAICT.

— 
Mehdi

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