2025-03-17 LHCb v56r5

This version uses Gaudi v39r3, Detector v2r5 and LCG 105c with ROOT 6.30.08.

This version is released on the master branch. Built relative to LHCb v56r4, with the following changes:

New features new feature

• FT Simulation | Support for FT spillover sim, !4583 (@zexu)

Fixes bug fix workaround

• Simulation | Fix to a wrong initial value in MuonChamberGrid, !4936 (@satta)
• Deprecation warning fix in test_iohelper.py, !4974 (@pkopciew)

Enhancements enhancement

Code cleanups and changes to tests modernisation cleanup testing

Documentation Documentation

Other

• RICH | Add utility types for RICH Quadrants, !4945 (@jonrob)
• Fixed instabilities in output order in test rootiomixertoomuch, !4975 (@sponce) [#387]
• Replace range::v3 with std::ranges, !4971 (@graven)
• RawEvent: Minor cleanup in exception throwing, !4965 (@jonrob)
• Update References for: !4959 based on lhcb-master-mr/12752, !4964 (@pkopciew)
• RawEvent: Throw exception instead of assert on null bank pointer, !4963 (@jonrob)
• Add missing dependency of GaudiConf pytest, !4962 (@clemenci)
• Pyconf - Add option to control histogram string width in printout, !4959 (@jonrob)
• Fix to 24.02.25 crash of lhcb-stack setup, !4958 (@pkopciew)
• Add generic accessors for MCVertices, !4948 (@ldufour)
• QMT to Pytest migration in LHCb, !4773 (@pkopciew)

2025-03-08 LHCb v55r14p1

This version uses Gaudi v38r1p1, Detector v1r36 and LCG 105a with ROOT 6.30.04.

This version is released on the v55r14-patches branch. Built relative to LHCb v55r14, with the following changes:

New features new feature

Fixes bug fix workaround

Enhancements enhancement

Code cleanups and changes to tests modernisation cleanup testing

Documentation Documentation

Other

• Use pkg_config for zstd and make it private for 'v55r14-patches', !4961 (@msaur)
• Update References for: !4954, !4955, Rec!4280, Allen!1894, Moore!4408,..., !4957 (@msaur)
• Added --override-option-class option to LbExec for v55r14-patches, !4956 (@msaur)
• Generate configuration in a separate process to reduce memory usage for 'v55r14-patches', !4955 (@msaur)
• Trust file-content-metadata path on CVMFS when cloning for 'v55r14-patches', !4954 (@msaur)

2025-02-20 LHCb v56r4

This version uses Detector v2r4, Gaudi v39r2 and LCG 105c .

This version is released on the master branch. Built relative to LHCb v56r3, with the following changes:

Other

• Fixed handling of a large first event of a file in IOHandlerFileRead, !4949 (@sponce)
• Manual tiny ref fix, !4944 (@sponce)
• Make Catch2 based test compatible with Catch2 v3, !4820 (@sponce)

2025-02-13 LHCb v46r9

This version uses Gaudi v39r2 and LCG 105c with ROOT 6.30.08.

This version is released on run2-patches branch and is intended for use with Run1 or Run2 data. For Run3, use a version released on master branch Built relative to LHCb v46r8, with the following changes:

Code cleanups and changes to tests modernisation cleanup testing

• Build | Prefer pragma once and add missing include, !4851 (@cattanem)
• Fix GaudiPython deprecation warnings triggered by LCG_106, !4912 (@cattanem)
• Fixes to test reference files for Gaudi v39r1, !4684 (@cattanem)
• Fix GaudiAlg tests and reference files for Gaudi v39, !4677 (@cattanem)

2025-02-13 LHCb v56r3

This version uses Detector v2r3, Gaudi v39r2 and LCG 105c .

This version is released on the master branch. Built relative to LHCb v56r2, with the following changes:

New features new feature

• FT Simulation | To mask data link in Encoder in Boole emulation, !4660 (@zexu)

Enhancements enhancement

• Further implmenting recommendations post overlap fix, !4913 (@nskidmor)

Code cleanups and changes to tests modernisation cleanup testing

• RICH | RichDetectors - Add new tests for trunk versus 2024 compact geometries, !4937 (@jonrob)
• RICH | Fix ref for RICH decode-and-spacepoints-2023-data test, !4926 (@jonrob)
• Persistency | Add basic EventPacker checksum test, !4623 (@jonrob) [Moore#793]
• Adjust some tolerances on ARM for math tests, !4914 (@jonrob)

Other

• Update References for: !4913, Moore!4327, DaVinci!1230 based on lhcb-master-mr/12587, !4940 (@lhcbsoft)
• Add x86_64_v3-el9-gcc13+cuda12_4-opt+g to known platform list, !4938 (@jonrob)
• Include input_run_number in Options class, !4934 (@cburr)
• Improve test_iovs to work with latest pytest, !4931 (@clemenci)
• Update References for: !4925 based on lhcb-master-mr/12476, !4927 (@lhcbsoft)
• Synchronize master branch with 2024-patches, !4774 (@clemenci)
• Update References for: !4922 based on lhcb-master-mr/12454, !4923 (@lhcbsoft)
• Update References for: Detector!667 based on lhcb-master-mr/12409, !4911 (@lhcbsoft)
• Fix support for TAE, !4909 (@rmatev)
• Option to include hlt1 reports in do_unpacking, !4903 (@nskidmor)
• Update References for: Detector!643, Rec!4139, Moore!4210, DaVinci!1219 based on lhcb-master-mr/12449, !4899 (@lhcbsoft)
• Revert !4540 (Fixed usage of task_arena from tbb in HLTControlFlowMgr), !4868 (@rmatev)
• Use JSON for LoKiFunctorsCache, !4649 (@cburr)

2025-02-03 LHCb v55r16p2

This version uses Gaudi v38r1p1, Detector v1r36 and LCG 105a with ROOT 6.30.04.

This version is released on the v55r16p1-patches branch. Built relative to LHCb v55r16p1, with the following changes:

New features new feature

Fixes bug fix workaround

Enhancements enhancement

Code cleanups and changes to tests modernisation cleanup testing

Documentation Documentation

Other

• Added --override-option-class option to LbExec for v55r16p1-patches, !4917 (@msaur)
• Trust file-content-metadata path on CVMFS when cloning for 'v55r16p1-patches', !4916 (@msaur)

2025-01-24 LHCb v56r2

This version uses Detector v2r2, Gaudi v39r2 and LCG 105c .

This version is released on the master branch. Built relative to LHCb v56r1, with the following changes:

New features new feature

• Simulation | Add sensitiveIDs monitor, !4717 (@mexu)

Fixes bug fix workaround

• Calo | MCCaloHit: Change Time type from char to std::int8_t, !4796 (@xueting)
• Fix VPRetinaCluster edge-flag encoding, !4877 (@dpassaro)
• Remove implicit conversion from MCVertex* to MCVertex, !4843 (@graven)

Code cleanups and changes to tests modernisation cleanup testing

• RICH | Remove x86_64_v3 specific ref for RichFutureKernel histograms test, !4875 (@jonrob)
• RICH | Add temporary x86_64_v3 specific ref for RichFutureKernel histograms test, !4864 (@jonrob)
• RICH | Add back int based histogram checks to RichFutureKernel test, !4855 (@jonrob)
• RICH | RichFutureKernel: Use known functions in histogram tests, !4831 (@jonrob) [gaudi/Gaudi#351]
• RICH | RichHistoBase: Remove workarounds for Gaudi < v39r1, !4753 (@jonrob)
• Add arm specific ref for lumi_decoding test, !4904 (@jonrob)
• Define named constexpr ParticleID instances to be used instead of bare numbers., !4879 (@graven)
• Remove deprecated MCVertex constructor, !4878 (@graven)
• Prefer C++20 std::countr_zero and std::popcount over __builtin_xxx, !4869 (@graven)

Other

• Simulation | Dropped old CaloFuture2Dview and replace it with CellIDHistogram, !3757 (@sponce)
• Fixed refs, !4898 (@sponce)
• Fix XMLSummarySvc usage with RootIOAlg, !4890 (@sponce) [#379]
• Fixes after pre-commit-config updates, !4888 (@clemenci)
• Update References for: !4840, Moore!4195 based on lhcb-master-mr/12236, !4887 (@lhcbsoft)
• Fixed warnings introduced by the reindentation using ruff, !4886 (@sponce)
• Update References for: !4873, Lbcom!784, Rec!4200 based on lhcb-master-mr/12233, !4876 (@lhcbsoft)
• Fixed location of IOVLock in ICondIOVResource, !4873 (@sponce)
• Solving the overlap technical problem, !4840 (@nskidmor)
• Complete reindentation of the code base, !4884 (@sponce)
• Trust file-content-metadata path on CVMFS when cloning, !4871 (@cburr) [CVE-2024]
• Ref update for move to Gaudi v39r2, !4870 (@sponce)
• Add option to specify DD4hep build type in the DD4hepSvc, !4836 (@bcouturi)
• Changes to Event/Track models needed for Velo matching of downstream composites, !4757 (@mstahl)
• Upgrade clang-format and use Ruff for Python linting and formatting, !4346 (@clemenci) [#42,gaudi/Gaudi#247]
• Tiny fix in refs, !4863 (@sponce)
• Remove RICH histogram test x86_64_v3 specific ref, !4862 (@jonrob)
• Fix some of the bad ref files in LHCb, !4861 (@sponce)
• Manual fix of refs, !4859 (@sponce)
• Manual fix of ref update in !3856, !4856 (@sponce)
• Revert "Merge branch 'dhcroft-VPChanIDFix' into 'master'", !4805 (@graven)
• Update References for: Detector!288, !3757, Rec!3107, Moore!1758 based on lhcb-master-mr/12160, !3856 (@lhcbsoft)
• Update References for: !4849, Panoptes!416 based on lhcb-master-mr/12156, !4850 (@lhcbsoft)
• Simplify the way FSMCallbackHolder is wrapped around 'base' algorithms, !4849 (@graven)
• Update References for: !4799 based on lhcb-master-mr/12124, !4842 (@lhcbsoft)
• IOHandlerFileRead: Add INFO message with full path when opening an MDF file, !4799 (@jonrob) [#378]
• Implementation of UT NZS decoder and modifications of all involved files, !4797 (@wokrupa)
• Add segment function and improve sorting of SOACollections, !4610 (@ahennequ)
• Skip ref lines from DocumentHandler in dd4hep_sharedconditions test, !4841 (@jonrob)
• Fixed bad include in interaction_region.py when using detdesc, !4839 (@sponce)
• Remove duplicated test, !4837 (@bcouturi)
• Update References for: !4791 based on lhcb-master-mr/12110, !4835 (@lhcbsoft)
• Add missing include of vector, !4829 (@clemenci)
• LoKi/RangeList.h: Prefer '#pragma once', !4825 (@jonrob)
• Set default run number rather than default event time in PyConf, !4806 (@sponce)
• Implemented dynamic buffer allocation in IOHandlerFileRead And added counter on bank sizes, !4791 (@sponce)

2025-01-23 LHCb v55r13p2

This version uses Detector v1r36, Gaudi v38r1 and LCG 105a with ROOT 6.30.04.

This version is released on the v55r13p1-patches branch. Built relative to LHCb v55r13p1, with the following changes:

New features new feature

Fixes bug fix workaround

Enhancements enhancement

Code cleanups and changes to tests modernisation cleanup testing

Documentation Documentation

Other

• Trust file-content-metadata path on CVMFS when cloning for 'v55r13p1-patches', !4883 (@msaur)
• Merge branch 'msaur_cherrypick_lhcb4766_LbExecOverride' into 'v55r13p1-patches', !4848 (@msaur)
• Merge branch 'reduce-mem-overhead' into 'v55r13p1-patches', !4846 (@msaur)

2025-01-22 LHCb v55r12p2

This version uses Detector v1r36, Gaudi v38r1 and LCG 105a with ROOT 6.30.04.

This version is released on the v55r12p1-patches branch. Built relative to LHCb v55r12p1, with the following changes:

New features new feature

Fixes bug fix workaround

Enhancements enhancement

Code cleanups and changes to tests modernisation cleanup testing

Documentation Documentation

Other

• Trust file-content-metadata path on CVMFS when cloning for 'v55r12p1-patches', !4882 (@msaur)
• Added --override-option-class option to LbExec for v55r12p1-patches, !4847 (@msaur) [Includes !4845: Merge branch 'reduce-mem-overhead' into 'v55r12p1-patches']