• [PSA] Bugpoint removal The time has come to remove bugpoint. • I do not think bugpoint has any reduction techniques left in it that llvm-reduce also does not have, and it’s one of the remaining uses of the legacy pass manager. • I’ve opened aPRto go through with the removal.

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Arsenm has announced the planned removal of Bugpoint from the LLVM project. The developer argues that Bugpoint no longer offers unique reduction capabilities beyond those provided by llvm‑reduce, and that it remains one of the few components still relying on LLVM’s legacy pass manager. To streamline the codebase, a pull request has been opened to eliminate Bugpoint entirely. The announcement has received modest community attention, with six likes indicating interest but no significant controversy. This move reflects LLVM’s broader effort to modernize its infrastructure and phase out legacy components.

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