Bug#451384: O: llvm -- Low-Level Virtual Machine (LLVM) compiler for C/C++

[Al Stone <ahs3@debian.org>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: normal

I intend to orphan the llvm package.  I just do not have the time
this package deserves -- and it definitely needs more than one person
to maintain it.  Keeping the package well-maintained is about as
difficult as maintaining GCC, with the added complication that upstream
is improving the code very quickly.



The package description is:
 The Low-Level Virtual Machine (LLVM) is a collection of libraries and
 tools that make it easy to build compilers, optimizers, Just-In-Time
 code generators, and many other compiler-related programs. LLVM
 uses a single, language-independent virtual instruction set both
 as an offline code representation (to communicate code between
 compiler phases and to run-time systems) and as the compiler internal
 representation (to analyze and transform programs). This persistent
 code representation allows a common set of sophisticated compiler
 techniques to be applied at compile-time, link-time, install-time,
 run-time, or "idle-time" (between program runs).
 .
 The strengths of the LLVM infrastructure are its extremely
 simple design (which makes it easy to understand and use),
 source-language independence, powerful mid-level optimizer, automated
 compiler debugging support, extensibility, and its stability and
 reliability. LLVM is currently being used to host a wide variety of
 academic research projects and commercial projects. LLVM includes C
 and C++ front-ends (based on GCC 4.0.1), a front-end for a Forth-like
 language (Stacker), a young scheme front-end, and Java support is
 in development. LLVM can generate code for X86, SparcV9, PowerPC,
 or it can emit C code.
 .
 NB: this package needs one or more LLVM front-ends (e.g., the
 package 'llvm-cfe').

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash