DEFAULT_VERSIONS+=llvm=90 ignored?

[Steve Kargl]

On Sat, Dec 05, 2020 at 01:18:34AM -0800, Mark Millard wrote:
> Steve Kargl sgk at troutmask.apl.washington.edu wrote on:
> > 
> > Well, I guess that pretty much kills LLVM_DEFAULT for any
> > modern hardware (even a 8 year old laptop) that uses drm
> > unless a user wants base-system llvm, llvm90, and llvm10 
> > installed.  One will certainly be able to compile any
> > c/c++ thrown ones way.
> 
> LLVM's API seems to be unstable enough from LLVM release to
> LLVM release that maintaining many-release build compatibility
> for projects using the LLVM API is not all that common.

I'm well aware the llvm API instability, which comes back
to the irrelevance of LLVM_DEFAULT.  Someday llvm may get
it's act together.

-- 
Steve