[patch] Drop support for creating $subs

[Nick Kledzik via llvm-commits]

> On Jun 20, 2016, at 12:15 PM, Rafael Espíndola <rafael.espindola at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>> +Nick, so he can correct me if I get this horribly wrong or something. ;)
>>> 
>>> Policy-wise, this seems fine to me.
>>> 
>>> We’re not actively testing against the 10.4 linker or anything like that. We, generally speaking, care about the latest tools being able to produce executables (including dylibs and bundles) that can run on older systems. Mixing and matching tools from different releases isn’t a typical scenario. The introduction of new load commands is a good example of that.
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>> So Nick, is Grosboch's analysis correct?

Yes.   Unless we are actively testing llvm output with a ten year old linker, there is no reason to bend over backwards to try to keep supporting it.  

-Nick


> 
> Post WWDC ping.
> 
> Cheers,
> Rafael