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    travis-ci: Build on the xcode11 macOS image. · e2887fca
    Ralph Giles authored
    Fix the macOS builds on the travis-ci.org continuous integration
    system by requiring a more recently-created system image where
    homebrew packages install correctly.
    
    Also switch to declarative syntax for the homebrew package
    dependencies, using the built-in Brewfile support instead
    of invoking `brew` explicitly.
    
    Travis doesn't update the homebrew three on their default macOS
    images, so over time available packages become out-of-date, or
    any explicit update step takes longer and longer, slowing the
    testing feedback loop.
    
    In this particular instance jobs were failing because homebrew
    on the default macOS image wasn't working at all. Without an
    update, package installation failed because the `brew bundle`
    subcommand had itself bitrotted, while running `brew update`
    would time out, taking more than the allowed job time.
    
    Requiring a more recent (non-default) macOS image gets out
    tests working again. In the future this will probably need
    to be bumped again or rest...
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