Hello LLVMers!
It’s that time of year for a new release of LLVM! Time sure has flown. It seems like only 4 months ago we released LLVM 3.3. 
Anyway, here is the current plan of action:
- We will branch on Monday, November 18th at 7PM PST (November 19th at 3AM GMT).
- This gives us a tentative release date of December 23rd…Just in time for Christmas!
I’m scheduling it for the 18th to give developers time to recover from the LLVM Developers Conference, and submit any changes that crop up as a result.
What this means for you:
- Please keep the tree healthy!
- No, really, keep the tree healthy. Both Santa and I will be watching you.
- Finish up your new features as soon as you can. The more “bake time” before we branch the better.
- UPDATE THE ReleaseNotes.rst FILES!!!
- Go through the bug reports and mark any that are severe as “release blockers” and CC me on them (isanbard@gmail.com).
- There is no item 6!
- If you have a project that uses LLVM and would like it to be in the release notes, please add it.
We have a tight schedule, and because of the upcoming holiday season, it’s going to be that much more difficult. But I’m confident that our wonderful phalanx of testers will do a great job, because they are awesome!
Share and enjoy!
-bw