On 08/11/2021 12.18, Michał Górny wrote:
WDYT?
I like slotted LLVM (and GCC) and always find it an advantage over other distributions where it is not so easy to install multiple versions of LLVM (and GCC). It would be unfortunate to see this go. I also can not remember when I last had problems with simultaneously installed LLVM versions as a user.
Furthermore, un-slotting LLVM would mean that dev-util/include-what-you-use (IWYU) users are bound to the LLVM version used by IWYU. Which, in turn, means that they are also bound to the corresponding clang-tidy version. Sure, this is nothing that can not be solved by manual user intervention, e.g., users manually installing a newer clang-tidy version. But still, it would not be as easy and convenient as before.
That said, I think it's mostly, if not wholly, up to the maintainer. And since you already do a lot of Gentoo work, it may also be a win if we reduce your LLVM workload.
- Flow
