clang-8.0 very strict -- can we think about changing the clang compiler list order?

[Ken Cunningham]

Apple does a lot in it's clang fork to relax the restrictiveness. 

Seriously, set your default compilers to what 10.6.8 has to live with; at least share in it with us!

But I can see I'm outvoted here. My great dream of no older systems tickets dies.

:)

K 

> On Sep 28, 2019, at 01:14, Chris Jones <jonesc at hep.phy.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
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>> On 27 Sep 2019, at 3:06 pm, Ken Cunningham <ken.cunningham.webuse at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I think it would be fair to invite everyone to try setting the default compiler list for a week on your own systems to our current macports clang progression!
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>> Compilers are always ahead of the codebase by a couple of years.
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>> What are the clang-using Linux distros defaulting, I wonder? That might tell us where they feel the codebase is presently...
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> Our point of reference should be the Xcode clang versions. Most ports build fine on 10.14 using the system clang there, so what upstream version does this equate to , roughly ? My guess based on release times would be somewhere are clang 7. 
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> I am with Jeremy here, we need to start pushing away from clang 5.
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>> Ken
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