Poll: Future of the Flang Technical Call

Subprojects Flang
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Note : We plan to take a decision on this topic at the next General Call (24 Sep).

This poll is to discuss the future of the Flang Technical Call, which we currently hold every two weeks on Mondays. I’ve been moderating the call since taking over from @jdoerfert, but due to changes in my responsibilities, I won’t be able to continue in this role in the near future.

We have a few possible options going forward, listed below with some context for each:

1. Continue with a new moderator

The technical call has been a good venue to discuss Flang’s technical aspects. Although Flang is no longer experimental, active development continues. A dedicated call still provides value for focused discussions. If you vote for this option, please also consider volunteering as the new moderator.

2. Continue with rotating moderators

Same benefits as above, but without relying on a single moderator. Moderation could rotate among representatives from different organizations. This approach ensures fairness in participation and in topic selection.

3. Merge with the General Call

Many topics covered in the Technical Call overlap with the General Call. Merging would simplify participation — developers and community members would only need to attend one call instead of two.

4. Terminate the Technical Call

The Fortran portion of Flang is now fairly mature. Other areas of development are either handled in existing calls (e.g. OpenMP) or within single organizations. In this case, the Technical Call may no longer be necessary.

  • Continue the Technical call with a new moderator
  • Continue the Technical call with rotating moderators
  • Merge with the General call
  • Terminate the Technical call
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Thank you for organising this for so many years Kiran!

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Just a reminder that we will close the poll and take a decision in the General Call tomorrow.

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If the two calls are merged and if the merged call is still every two weeks, it might make sense to make the call a bit longer. It probably doesn’t need to be a full hour, but 45 minutes might feel less rushed, depending on the topics that come up.

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In the call we decided to merge the Technical Call with the General Call as this was the majority opinion.

We will observe for a few weeks whether we need more time, for now we will stick to 30 minutes.