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| author | Tshepang Mbambo <tshepang@gmail.com> | 2023-02-18 13:46:21 +0200 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2023-02-18 20:46:21 +0900 |
| commit | 4b8cc1b285fc35a7bab5198e48f8d119453ee2f2 (patch) | |
| tree | 5517df3b8d0d20b8989ecbe29d05a26de967145d /src/doc/rustc-dev-guide | |
| parent | a93cf5fb3079a3b55ca747799d3c64aeea7587b2 (diff) | |
| download | rust-4b8cc1b285fc35a7bab5198e48f8d119453ee2f2.tar.gz rust-4b8cc1b285fc35a7bab5198e48f8d119453ee2f2.zip | |
fix and clarify llvm bugfix policy (#1611)
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| -rw-r--r-- | src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/backend/updating-llvm.md | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/backend/updating-llvm.md b/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/backend/updating-llvm.md index 38fbb2e440f..ce0890491c0 100644 --- a/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/backend/updating-llvm.md +++ b/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/backend/updating-llvm.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ <!-- toc --> -<!-- date-check: Aug 2022 --> +<!-- date-check: Feb 2023 --> There is no formal policy about when to update LLVM or what it can be updated to, but a few guidelines are applied: @@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ but a few guidelines are applied: There are two reasons we would want to update LLVM: -* A bug could have been fixed! Often we find bugs in the compiler and fix - them upstream in LLVM. We'll want to pull fixes back to the compiler itself as - they're merged upstream. +* A bug could have been fixed! + Note that if we are the ones who fixed such a bug, + we prefer to upstream it, then pull it back for use by rustc. * LLVM itself may have a new release. |