Draft: e-tag dataset and parser tool
Following the discussion in ATEAM-787 and core-sw meeting, I created a .csv dataset and a parsing tool for e-tags. The dataset is created from the PMG TWiki page: https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/AtlasProtected/PmgMcSoftware.
The tool return a map<string, string>
object given an e-tag string with the information from the TWiki page. This can be coupled with the info from the in-file metadata to find out the specific version of the MC generator software (e.g. Sherpa version). The tool has both a python and a C++ interface.
Currently the tool has no clients, but in the future it can be used to update the in-file metadata e.g. at the start of derivation jobs. Example usage via CLI:
> e-tag-parser.py e8276
EvtGen : 1.7.0
HepMC : 2.6.11
Herwig7 : 7.2.1
Lhapdf : 6.2.3
MadGraph : 2.8.1.atlas7
Powheg ATLAS : 00-04-05
Pythia8 : 8.244
Release : 21.6.53
Rivet : 3.1.2
Sherpa : 2.2.10p5
Starlight : r313
Superchic : 3.0.6
e-tag : e8276
Adding @tadej @cgutscho @mgignac and please add anyone else who might be interested.