[llvm-dev] [3.9 Release] Release plan and call for testers

[Rafael Espíndola via llvm-dev]

> I don't know that the actual policy has ever been formally documented,
> although it has been discussed from time to time, so it's not too
> surprising that people have different ideas of what the policy is.
>
> Maybe documenting the release-numbering-semantics policy alongside
> the release-timing policy would be a good idea?


It is documented at

http://llvm.org/docs/DeveloperPolicy.html#ir-backwards-compatibility

Cheers,
Rafael