[PATCH] D13666: Add an (optional) identification block in the bitcode

[Chandler Carruth via llvm-commits]

On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 8:00 AM Mehdi Amini <mehdi.amini at apple.com> wrote:

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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Oct 21, 2015, at 7:41 AM, Rafael Espíndola <rafael.espindola at gmail.com>
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> >> That make sense to you Rafael?
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> > I think we should have a single Epoc number. We should just remember
> > to update it once per release at least.
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> What would be the benefit over encoding the release number?
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While the open source project would track it to a major release number,
vendors of LLVM or users who have unrelated release processes might want to
override the version numbers to totally unrelated things. Despite this, the
bitcode has a fundamental and technical epoch. Its tracking of the major
release is a matter of convention and policy of the open source project.


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> I'm always reluctant to mechanisms that need a manual intervention.
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> Mehdi
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> > Cheers,
> > Rafael
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