drop clang-6,7,8 and gcc/g++7,8;add clang-format12

Author: Tulong4Dev

.github/scripts/install_dependencies.sh

@@ -41,19 +41,13 @@ sudo apt install -y \
   qtbase5-dev \
   uuid-dev \
   default-jdk \
-  clang-format-7 \
-  g++-7 \
-  gcc-7 \
-  g++-8 \
-  gcc-8 \
+  clang-format-12 \
   g++-9 \
   gcc-9 \
   g++-10 \
   gcc-10 \
   g++-11 \
   gcc-11 \
-  clang-6.0 \
-  clang-7 \
   clang-10 \
   libtbb-dev
 

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -360,14 +360,11 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         include:
-        - { name: 'GCC 7 (Ubuntu Bionic - 18.04)',    eval: 'CC=gcc-7 && CXX=g++-7',           }
-        - { name: 'GCC 8 (Debian Buster)',            eval: 'CC=gcc-8 && CXX=g++-8',           }
         - { name: 'GCC 9 (Ubuntu Focal - 20.04)',     eval: 'CC=gcc-9 && CXX=g++-9',           }
         - { name: 'GCC 10 (Ubuntu Hirsute - 21.04)',  eval: 'CC=gcc-10 && CXX=g++-10',         }
         - { name: 'GCC 11 (Latest)',                  eval: 'CC=gcc-11 && CXX=g++-11',         }
-        - { name: 'Clang 6 (Ubuntu Bionic - 18.04)',  eval: 'CC=clang-6.0 && CXX=clang++-6.0', }
-        - { name: 'Clang 7 (Debian Buster)',          eval: 'CC=clang-7 && CXX=clang++-7',     }
         - { name: 'Clang 10 (Ubuntu Focal - 20.04)',  eval: 'CC=clang-10 && CXX=clang++-10',   }
+        - { name: 'Clang 12 (Ubuntu Focal - 20.04)',  eval: 'CC=clang-12 && CXX=clang++-12',   }
     name: 'B: ${{ matrix.name }}'
     steps:
 

cmake/modules/AutoClangFormat.cmake

@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ add_custom_target(format-cpp-files
     COMMAND find ${DIRS_TO_FORMAT_CPP} ${FIND_TO_FORMAT_CPP})
 
 #
-# Use clang-format-7 for code format
+# Use clang-format-12 for code format
 #
 add_custom_target(format-cpp
     COMMAND find ${DIRS_TO_FORMAT_CPP} ${FIND_TO_FORMAT_CPP} |
-    xargs -P ${CPU_COUNT} clang-format-7 -style=file -i)
+    xargs -P ${CPU_COUNT} clang-format-12 -style=file -i)
 
 #
 # Use simple python script for fixing C like boxed comments