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    by the LLVM community - this ultimately mediates the resolution of the
    "should" concerns above.
 
+However, not all projects have the same impact on the existing components and
+projects, so the degree of detail and responsibility varies depending on its
+impact. *Core* projects need a higher degree of scrutiny than *peripheral*
+projects, and the latter may have additional differences. Please refer to the
+:doc:`support policy<SupportPolicy>` document for more details.
+
 If you have a project that you think would make sense to add to the LLVM
 monorepo, please start an RFC thread on the `llvm-dev mailing list`_ to kick off
 the discussion.  This process can take some time and iteration - please don’t