the noref switch should be autoset truthy when the compat switch is 1.6 on a layer

[Rawld Gill]

Since noref must be truthy in order for compat==="1.6" to work correctly, this should be handled automatically.

[Colin Snover]

1.8 is frozen. Move all enhancements to next release. If you need an exemption from the freeze for this ticket, contact me immediately.

[bill]

Except that when 2.0 comes, there won't be any compat==="1.6" anymore (whatever that is), right? Maybe you want to close as wontfix? I'm not sure.

[Rawld Gill]

This is super-low-risk and being fixed in a way that can be overridden. Getting it done.

[Rawld Gill]

In [31283]:

set noref true if compat is 1.6 by default; still allow profile to explicitly override (though such an override would be odd); fixes #14884; !strict