[llvm-dev] [RFC] One or many git repositories?

[Renato Golin via llvm-dev]

On 28 Jul 2016 8:36 a.m., "David Chisnall via llvm-dev" <
llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> This does not apply to libc++.  We support building the entire LLVM suite
with other C++ standard library implementations (at least libstdc++, and I
think also with Visual Studio’s implementation), so there is no dependency
of anything on libc++.  Similarly, we support building libc++ with other
compilers (in FreeBSD, we currently build it with gcc 6.1 for RISC-V, for
example, where the LLVM toolchain is not quite useable).
>
> The same applies to libunwind, to an even greater degree (where libc++
implements a standard API, libunwind implements a standard ABI).

I think the dependencies of lib* in LLVM are more conceptual than version
lock, but they're still there.

I agree with you in all other points, mind you, but RT needs an unwind
library as much as it needs clang. Without them, RT "can" (and indeed does)
work, but we're not providing a complete solution.

I won't *push* to bundle libunwind, libcxxabi (and ultimately libcxx) on
those merits alone, but my opinion is that we should. I can't see much use
in RT without them. That's why we're still defaulting to libgcc on Linux.

My tuppence.

Cheers,
Renato
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