[llvm-dev] [lldb-dev] LLVM 7.0.0 Release

[Jacob Carlborg via llvm-dev]

On 2018-09-20 10:01, Hans Wennborg via llvm-dev wrote:

> Yes, it's a manual process. The binaries are build and tested by
> volunteers, and the set of folks who volunteers differs a little
> between releases.

I would assume LLVM has some kind of CI infrastructure. That should be 
able to build the release binaries.

> The pre-built binaries are really mostly for users who want to try out
> the release quickly. We expect most users to get the compiler through
> their distro (except on Windows where these are the official
> binaries).

The problem is, depending on which operating system and version you use 
you might not get updates. For example, Travis CI is stuck at an ancient 
version of Ubuntu and only provides LLVM 5.0, as far as I can see.

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/Jacob Carlborg