Hi Tobias,

On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 18:00, Tobias Grosser <tob...@grosser.es> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I propose to switch to the official cloog.org cloog version with isl backend 
> and
> at the same time to remove support for both CLooG-PPL legacy as well as
> CLooG-Parma.
>

Many thanks for implementing this cleanup.

> We want to switch to cloog-isl as it is the only officially maintained version
> of cloog. Furthermore, it provides features that will help to fix some bugs in
> the graphite code generation[1].
> The reason to abond CLooG-PPL (legacy version) is, that cloog-isl provides the
> new CloogInput library interface. This interface is not available the old 
> CLooG.
> I plan to move graphite to this interface. As I do not see enough benefits 
> from
> being able to use CLooG PPL, I decided to not introduce any compatibility
> scheme, but just remove any code that is only needed for CLooG-PPL.
> I also removed CLooG-Parma (cloog.org with PPL backend), as it is currently 
> not
> actively maintained and not well tested. I believe our time is better spent on
> improving graphite or cloog isl, as in putting time into this cloog version.
>
> So here we are: Moving graphite back to the official cloog.org version!
>
> Passes 'make check RUNTESTFLAGS=graphite.exp' as well as a bootstrap on Linux
> amd64.
>
> Cheers
> Tobi
>
> P.S.: Why do we move to the super latest one. Because we expect that most 
> users
> would need an update, and, as we will soon use some of the newer features, 
> there
> is no need to force another update later.
>
>
> Tobias Grosser (3):
>  Make CLooG isl the only supported CLooG version.
>  Require cloog 0.16.3
>  Remove code that supported legacy CLooG.

For all your changes, you would need the ok from a configure maintainer.
The changes to the graphite framework are ok.

Thanks,
Sebastian

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