[commit: ghc] master: users-guide: Note change in LLVM support policy (aaaa61c)

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Link       : http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/changeset/aaaa61c8b712cc313c140ec15f6044e13a036d1f/ghc

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commit aaaa61c8b712cc313c140ec15f6044e13a036d1f
Author: Ben Gamari <ben at smart-cactus.org>
Date:   Wed Apr 13 13:41:09 2016 +0200

    users-guide: Note change in LLVM support policy


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aaaa61c8b712cc313c140ec15f6044e13a036d1f
 docs/users_guide/8.0.1-notes.rst | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/users_guide/8.0.1-notes.rst b/docs/users_guide/8.0.1-notes.rst
index 2f011c4..dcbd104 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/8.0.1-notes.rst
+++ b/docs/users_guide/8.0.1-notes.rst
@@ -219,6 +219,11 @@ Language
 Compiler
 ~~~~~~~~
 
+-  The LLVM code generator now supports only LLVM 3.7. This is in contrast to our
+   previous policy where GHC would try to support a range of LLVM versions
+   concurrently. We hope that by supporting a narrower range of versions we can
+   provide more reliable support for each.
+
 -  Warnings can now be controlled with ``-W(no-)...`` flags in addition to
    the old ``-f(no-)warn...`` ones. This was done as the first part of a
    rewrite of the warning system to provide better control over warnings,