[LLVMdev] Using the unused "version" field in the bitcode wrapper (redux)

[Eric Christopher]

On Tue Nov 04 2014 at 2:13:28 PM Eric Christopher <echristo at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
>> This is an apple bug. You should report it.
>>
>>
>> No, it is intentional. Because our releases are not aligned with any LLVM
>> release, we’re using debug version numbers that are completely different
>> from trunk.
>>
>>
> I'm talking to adrian about it. It's still a bug IMO, but it's up to you
> how you want to version anything in your releases.
>
>
>>
>> Unlikely for now though I don't speak for Apple.
>>
>>
>> We would love to have our debug info be compatible with the open-source
>> version. We would need a stable representation of debug info for that to be
>> possible.
>>
>
> I disagree, but I'm also unwilling to debate it any further as I don't
> have time.
>

Realized that might have sounded harsher than intended. I'm always willing
to chat about it, but I understand your reasoning - it's just not how I'd
do it and I don't think it'll end up mattering for the project anyhow other
than some bug reports about clang vs xcode. :)

-eric
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