[ET Trac] [Einstein Toolkit] #1757: Stampede needs to be updated

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#1757: Stampede needs to be updated
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 Reporter:  hinder    |       Owner:                     
     Type:  task      |      Status:  new                
 Priority:  critical  |   Milestone:                     
Component:  Other     |     Version:  development version
 Keywords:  backport  |  
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 The SimFactory definition for Stampede currently uses the intel/13.1.1.163
 compiler.  This compiler will be removed next Tuesday (see
 https://portal.tacc.utexas.edu/user-guides/stampede/intel15).  According
 to TACC, the current default is the older intel/13.0.2.146, and this is
 the recommended and default compiler, and will remain so.  Both compilers
 have the "restrict" keyword blacklisted in Cactus (#1276).  They will
 install intel/15.0.1 at the end of April.  There is also intel/14.0.1.106
 available, but it is labeled as "limited software stack".  It is not clear
 why they are removing a newer compiler, or why they chose to do this a
 month before installing an even newer one.

 Our options are:

 1. Upgrade to intel/14.0.1.106, which is labeled as "limited software
 stack"
 2. Downgrade to intel/13.0.2.146, which is the default and will remain so
 for a while

 This should be done both for the trunk and the release branch.  I suggest
 that option 2 is the most conservative, and probably the easiest, as there
 might be libraries which are not compiled for intel/14.0.1.106.

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