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diff --git a/docs/DeveloperPolicy.rst b/docs/DeveloperPolicy.rst index 005a325684e..ea498dde459 100644 --- a/docs/DeveloperPolicy.rst +++ b/docs/DeveloperPolicy.rst @@ -509,9 +509,11 @@ for llvm users and not imposing a big burden on llvm developers: ``test/Bitcode/compatibility.ll``. * The bitcode format produced by a X.Y release will be readable by all - following X.Z releases and the (X+1).0 release. To help ensure this, an X.Y - version of ``test/Bitcode/compatibility.ll`` should be assembled and - committed after each release. + following X.Z releases and the (X+1).0 release. + +* After each X.Y release, ``compatibility.ll`` must be copied to + ``compatibility-X.Y.ll``. The corresponding bitcode file should be assembled + using the X.Y build and committed as ``compatibility-X.Y.ll.bc``. * Newer releases can ignore features from older releases, but they cannot miscompile them. For example, if nsw is ever replaced with something else, |