On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 12:43 AM Chandler Carruth via cfe-dev < cfe-...@lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 5:03 PM Hal Finkel via lldb-dev < > lldb-dev@lists.llvm.org> wrote: > >> ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "Hans Wennborg via cfe-dev" <cfe-...@lists.llvm.org> >> > To: "llvm-dev" <llvm-...@lists.llvm.org>, "cfe-dev" < >> cfe-...@lists.llvm.org>, "LLDB Dev" <lldb-dev@lists.llvm.org>, >> > "openmp-dev (openmp-...@lists.llvm.org)" <openmp-...@lists.llvm.org> >> > Cc: "r jordans" <r.jord...@tue.nl>, "Paul Robinson" < >> paul_robin...@playstation.sony.com> >> > Sent: Monday, June 13, 2016 6:54:19 PM >> > Subject: [cfe-dev] What version comes after 3.9? (Was: [3.9 Release] >> Release plan and call for testers) >> > >> > Breaking this out into a separate thread since it's kind of a >> > separate >> > issue, and to make sure people see it. >> > >> > If you have opinions on this, please chime in. I'd like to collect as >> > many arguments here as possible to make a good decision. The main >> > contestants are 4.0 and 3.10, and I've seen folks being equally >> > surprised by both. >> > >> > Brain-dump so far: >> > >> > - After LLVM 1.9 came 2.0, and after 2.9 came 3.0; naturally, 4.0 >> > comes after 3.9. >> > >> > - There are special bitcode stability rules [1] concerning major >> > version bumps. 2.0 and 3.0 had major IR changes, but since there >> > aren't any this time, we should go to 3.10. >> > >> > - The bitcode stability rules allow for breakage with major versions, >> > but it doesn't require it, so 4.0 is fine. >> > >> > - But maybe we want to save 4.0 for when we do have a significant IR >> > change? >> >> I think that this is the right approach, and we happen to have a natural >> forcing function here: opaque pointer types. I think we should increment >> the major version number when opaque pointer types are here, as it will be >> a major breaking change, and then we'll have a version 4.0. Until then, >> unless something else breaking comes up, 3.10 sounds fine to me. >> > > +1, complete agreement. > While I'm not sure opaque pointer types are going to increment versions I'm also in agreement that 3.10 is the right way to go. -eric > _______________________________________________ > cfe-dev mailing list > cfe-...@lists.llvm.org > http://lists.llvm.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cfe-dev >
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