[pjmlp]

And rust does the same, as they also need their own LLVM version.

[steveklabnik → pjmlp]

We don't need it, we just prefer it. You can build with stock LLVM if you want. (And that's how distros treat Rust as well; they use their own version instead of ours.)

[pjmlp → steveklabnik]

What about the bugs that required a patched LLVM?

[steveklabnik → pjmlp]

You get the bugs. No way around that. We try to upstream as many of our patches as possible, but we’ll always be a bit farther ahead. It’s just the nature of things.