Tracking issue for release notes of #130487: Update the minimum external LLVM to 18

[rustbot]

This issue tracks the release notes text for #130487.

Steps

• Proposed text is drafted by PR author (or team) making the noteworthy change.
• Issue is nominated for release team review of clarity for wider audience.
• Release team includes text in release notes/blog posts.

Release notes text

The responsible team for the underlying change should edit this section to replace the automatically generated link with a succinct description of what changed, drawing upon text proposed by the author (either in discussion or through direct editing).

# Compatibility Notes
- [Update the minimum external LLVM version to 18.](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/130487)

Tip

Use the previous releases categories to help choose which one(s) to use.
The category will be de-duplicated with all the other ones by the release team.

More than one section can be included if needed.

Release blog section

If the change is notable enough for inclusion in the blog post, the responsible team should add content to this section.
Otherwise leave it empty.

cc @cuviper, @nikic -- origin issue/PR authors and assignees for starting to draft text

[cuviper]

We don't usually say any more than that one-liner for changes in minimum LLVM, nor is it blog-worthy IMO.