Documentation for Cumulativity Weak Constraints.

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 - Universe cumulativity for inductive types is now specified as a
   variance for each polymorphic universe. See the reference manual for
   more information.
+- Inference of universe constraints with cumulative inductive types
+  produces more general constraints. Unsetting new option Cumulativity
+  Weak Constraints produces even more general constraints (but may
+  produce too many universes to be practical).
 - Fix #5726: Notations that start with `Type` now support universe instances
   with `@{u}`.
 - `with Definition` now understands universe declarations
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   Defined.
 \end{coq_example}
 
+\subsection{\tt Cumulativity Weak Constraints}
+\optindex{Cumulativity Weak Constraints}
+
+This option, on by default, causes ``weak'' constraints to be produced
+when comparing universes in an irrelevant position. Processing weak
+constraints is delayed until minimization time. A weak constraint
+between {\tt u} and {\tt v} when neither is smaller than the other and
+one is flexible causes them to be unified. Otherwise the constraint is
+silently discarded.
+
+This heuristic is experimental and may change in future versions.
+Disabling weak constraints is more predictable but may produce
+arbitrary numbers of universes.
+
 \asection{Global and local universes}
 
 Each universe is declared in a global or local environment before it can