help wanted: upgrade llvm to 15

help wanted: upgrade llvm to 15

[dan]

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hello guix,

i'm totally new to guix and free software development, so bear me if i'm 
doing something wrong.

the 0.10 version of zig just got released[1], with the new self-hosted 
compiler.  during the period of development, i've also submitted a pull 
request[2] for zig, so that we don't need an extra patch file[3] to 
build it on guix.

however, the new zig compiler depends on llvm-15 to build, which is 
unfortunately, not available in guix at the moment.  i personally would 
like to do the work, but lacking the knowledge of both guix and llvm 
makes it almost like an impossible task for me.  so it would be really 
helpful if anyone could help with the packaging of llvm-15.

initially asked on #guix irc channel, csepp suggested me asking on 
guix-devel, hoping to get more attention and help.

[1] https://ziglang.org/download/0.10.0/release-notes.html
[2] https://github.com/ziglang/zig/pull/13145
[3] 
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/gnu/packages/patches/zig-use-system-paths.patch

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dan

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Re: help wanted: upgrade llvm to 15

[Maxim Cournoyer]

Hi,

dan <i@dan.games> writes:

> hello guix,
>
> i'm totally new to guix and free software development, so bear me if
> i'm doing something wrong.
>
> the 0.10 version of zig just got released[1], with the new self-hosted
> compiler.  during the period of development, i've also submitted a
> pull request[2] for zig, so that we don't need an extra patch file[3]
> to build it on guix.
>
> however, the new zig compiler depends on llvm-15 to build, which is
> unfortunately, not available in guix at the moment.  i personally
> would like to do the work, but lacking the knowledge of both guix and
> llvm makes it almost like an impossible task for me.  so it would be
> really helpful if anyone could help with the packaging of llvm-15.

For other reasons (qt-creator), I've packaged llvm/clang 15, see
https://issues.guix.gnu.org/59237.

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim

Re: help wanted: upgrade llvm to 15

[dan]

Hi Maxim,

On 11/16/2022 5:03 AM, Maxim Cournoyer wrote:
> For other reasons (qt-creator), I've packaged llvm/clang 15, see
> https://issues.guix.gnu.org/59237.

I'm aware of the patch series.  Really appreciate it!

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dan