Getting Involved¶

The Flang Project welcomes contributions of all kinds. Please feel free to join the mailing list or the slack channel for discussions related to development of Flang. To understand the status of various developments in Flang please join the respective call.

Contributing ¶

Contributions to Flang are done using GitHub Pull Requests and follow the LLVM contribution process.

Forum and Mailing Lists ¶

Forum

Flang forums are for technical discussions, questions about writing code for, or using Flang tools.

Commits Archive (flang-commits)

This list contains all commit messages that are made when Flang developers commit code changes to the repository. It is useful for those who want to stay on the bleeding edge of Flang development. This list is high volume.

Chat ¶

Flang Slack Workspace ¶

There is a Slack workspace dedicated to Flang.
There are a number of topic-oriented channels available (e.g., #driver, #fir).
Add yourself via the invitation link

Calls ¶

Flang Biweekly Call ¶

Technical discussions as well as general updates on the Flang project.
Join the Flang Biweekly Call. Alternative ways to join the call are provided below.
- Join with meeting ID and password
  - Meeting ID: 238 364 548 541 54
  - Meeting passcode: zg9Bd3Zp
- Join by phone
  - +1 575-323-9652 USA, Las Cruces
  - Global call-in numbers
- Join from a video system or application
  - Enter 1114545259.lanl@m.webex.com on a Cisco Webex Room or other standard video endpoint
  - Enter lanl@m.webex.com and then the Video ID 1114545259 followed by #
Time: Every other Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. Mountain Time. Please check the LLVM Community Calendar for the next scheduled call.
Calendar invite: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-qv5W_SinJi9Wqcg9vUPmYNlN771JOYV/view?usp=drive_link
Working agenda is available in this Google Doc. The drafted agenda will be posted on Slack the day before the meeting. Edits to the agenda should be made directly in the Google Doc, but if this is not possible any replies to the Slack post will also be incorporated.
Meeting minutes are available in the MeetingNotes directory.
Minutes from older meetings were posted on the Flang forum. Search for Flang Biweekly Sync - Notes.

LLVM Alias Analysis Technical Call ¶

For people working on improvements to LLVM alias analysis.
Join LLVM Alias Analysis Technical Call
Time: Tuesdays 10:00 AM Pacific Time, every 4 weeks.
The agenda is in this Google Doc.

OpenMP in Flang Biweekly Technical Call ¶

Development updates on OpenMP and OpenACC in the Flang Project.
Join OpenMP in Flang Technical Call
Time: Biweekly call on Thursdays 7:30 AM Pacific time. Please check the LLVM Community Calendar for the next scheduled call.
Meeting minutes are here.
Status tracking page.

OpenMP in LLVM Technical Call ¶

Development updates on OpenMP (and OpenACC) in the LLVM Project, including Clang, optimization, and runtime work.
Join OpenMP in LLVM Technical Call
Time: Weekly call on every Wednesday 7:00 AM Pacific time.
Meeting minutes are here.
Status tracking page.

Classic Flang Biweekly Technical Call ¶

For people working on Classic Flang, the original Flang Fortran 2003/2008 compiler.
Join Classic Flang Biweekly Technical Call
The call is held every other Wednesday in the same week as the LLVM Flang Technical call (alternate week with the Flang Community Biweekly call).
The agenda is available here