updating-llvm: keep a calm tone (#1449)

Co-authored-by: Yuki Okushi <jtitor@2k36.org>
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-The Rust compiler uses LLVM as its primary codegen backend today, and naturally
-we want to at least occasionally update this dependency! Currently we do not
-have a strict policy about when to update LLVM or what it can be updated to, but
-a few guidelines are applied:
-
-* We try to always support the latest released version of LLVM
-* We try to support the "last few" versions of LLVM (how many is changing over
-  time)
-* We allow moving to arbitrary commits during development.
-* Strongly prefer to upstream all patches to LLVM before including them in
-  rustc.
-
-This policy may change over time (or may actually start to exist as a formal
-policy!), but for now these are rough guidelines!
+<!-- date-check: Aug 2022 -->
+There is no formal policy about when to update LLVM or what it can be updated to,
+but a few guidelines are applied:
+
+* We try to always support the latest released version
+* We try to support the last few versions
+  (and the number changes over time)
+* We allow moving to arbitrary commits during development
+* We strongly prefer to upstream all patches to LLVM before including them in rustc
 
 ## Why update LLVM?