Simulation release -- include a new version of the externals that features an update of the Geant4 version.
Release request ticket: ATLINFR-4861

Main purpose: a fix for UserHookProblem with Powheg tW and pthard settings in Pythia.

contains MRs :

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/60627 Added test PowegHook for tW 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/60729 Using std:: for math functions and remove duplicated code 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/60836 Update GenEvent.h -- provide id_to_barcode_map() 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/60859 PowhegHookstW : uninitMemberVar variables : clang+cppcheck 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/60860 DrawPlots_MB.C : identical_inner condition 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/60917 PowhegControl: manual sweep of 60895 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/60911 Superchic and Lhapdf directory setup: remove the setup of LHAPATH, because it is adding outdated lhapdf directory,

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/60830  cache the barcodes in Simulation/G4Sim/MCTruth/MCTruth/

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/61043 Optimization of HepMC-related codes

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/61046 make main31Vincia.cxx compile for Py8.309

Tagging AnalysisBase 22.2.111

AthDerivation cache for the HION9 group, all formats are working.

# Release notes for release/23.0.18
The release [release/23.0.18](https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/tags/release/23.0.18)
was built from the tag [nightly/master/2023-02-28T2101](https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/tags/nightly/master/2023-02-28T2101)

This is the list of merge requests that were included since
the previous release [release/23.0.17](https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/tags/release/23.0.17):
 * !61049 Fix QG tagger configurations ~JetEtmiss, ~Reconstruction
 * !61062 Initial MC23c Simulation ART jobs ~Simulation, ~Tools
 * !61090 Adjust settings in rig art test ~Reconstruction
 * !61048 Update bjet SuperRoI zwidth (ATR-26766) ~Trigger, ~TriggerID
 * !61072 CxxUtils: Add ConcurrentMap. ~Core
 * !61056 Tidying up Truth[Decay]CollectionMaker following migration to R/W/D handles ~Derivation
 * !61089 Fix typo in test_RUN2_FullG4MT_QS_CalibrationHits_pions.sh ART script ~Simulation
 * !61034 Read/write/decor handles for TruthNavigationDecorator ~Derivation
 * !61085 runHLT_standalone: couple superCellWithBCID with doL1Sim ~Trigger
 * !61063 make HIClusterMaker re-entrant algorithm ~JetEtmiss, ~Reconstruction
 * !61073 CaloTTDetDescr: Fix FPE in clang build. ~Calorimeter
 * !61068 Clean up CampaignsARTTests PFlow plots ~Tools
 * !61082 Use LZ4 for temporary files ~Database
 * !61043 Optimization of HepMC-related codes ~Analysis, ~Generators, ~Simulation, ~Trigger
 * !61055 TrigInDetConfig+TriggerMenuMT: remove usage of global ConfigFlags ~Egamma, ~JetEtmiss, ~Tau, ~Trigger, ~TriggerID, ~TriggerMenu, ~TriggerMinBias
 * !61036 SolenoidParametrization: Try to reduce the number of allocations ~Tracking
 * !61061 23.0-coverity-LArByteStream ~LAr
 * !61075 MuonByteStreamCnvTest+TrigInDetPattRecoTools: Fix clang warnings. ~MuonSpectrometer, ~Trigger, ~TriggerID
 * !61074 MuonCombinePatternTools: Suppress cppcheck warnings. ~MuonSpectrometer
 * !61076 MuonPatternSegmentMaker+MuonTrackMakerUtils: Fix cppcheck warning. ~MuonSpectrometer
 * !61033 CA migration for muon trigger isolation, late mu RoI, and roi cluster sequences ~Trigger, ~TriggerMenu
 * !61018 updating python script and jobOptions to write OFC and pulse shape to COOL ~Tile
 * !61050 Fix ART header content ~Reconstruction
 * !60987 introduce a first version of EventLoop configuration on the worker ~Analysis, ~Core
 * !59697 RNTuple Storage Technology for Athena/APR - Stage 1 ~Core, ~Database, ~EDM
 * !60990 TrigValidation: update data22 ART inputs, and set superCellWithBCID=True in runHLT_standalone ~Trigger, ~changes-trigger-counts
 * !61010 Activate ISF_Validation ART jobs for 23.0 branch ~Simulation
 * !61028 Addressing ATR-27010 to modify hypo for the 3layerEC chain when NSW is not available in the HLT ~Trigger
 * !61014 Analysis Algs: Support partial PRW info in input file ~Analysis
 * !61027 Revert "Merge branch 'UseG4inCaloATLFAST3F_main' into 'master'" ~Simulation
 * !60972 Implement LRT electron cluster overlap strategy for running on AODs ~Analysis, ~Egamma
 * !61031 add GRL function ~DQ, ~MuonSpectrometer
 * !61012 Update ART tests for egamma ~Egamma, ~Reconstruction
 * !60981 Add ComponentAccumulator tool configuration for ISF_ActsTools ~ACTS, ~Simulation
 * !60996 ACTS configurable overstepping limit, correct units in ActsKalmanFitter ~ACTS, ~ITk, ~Test, ~Tracking
 * !61020 Update DetEleCollKey for ITk in Tau CA config ~ITk, ~Reconstruction, ~Tau
 * !61017 Add CA config for ITk InDetEventCnvTool + unify TrkEventCnvSuperTool config ~ITk, ~InnerDetector, ~MuonSpectrometer, ~Reconstruction, ~Tracking
 * !61009 TrigPSC: move flags locking after pre-exec ~Trigger
 * !61007 PRW With Zero Lumi Run, master branch (2023.02.24.) ~Analysis
 * !61006 Attempts of simple optimization in SCT digitization ~Digitization, ~InnerDetector
 * !61021 VP1SimHitSystem: build CaloDetDescrManager instead of retrieving it from DetStore ~EventDisplay
 * !61030 TElectronEfficiency : Change the result to struct. Add logic before the call to calculate ~Analysis, ~Egamma, ~Trigger
 * !61004 Support reading ITK tracks, and also proper support for Muon tracks. ~ITk, ~Tracking
 * !61024 MuPatPrimitives -  Fix copy constructor and add cosmic hit sorting ~MuonSpectrometer
 * !61019 RIO_OnTrack : Move arguments to avoid extra allocations ~InnerDetector, ~Tracking
 * !61022 Clean up/simplify SpacePoint classes ~InnerDetector, ~Tracking
 * !60995 Use const references in the loops over GenParticles/GenVertices where possible ~Analysis, ~Derivation, ~EventDisplay, ~InnerDetector, ~Simulation
 * !61037 MuonCombinedRecToolsConfig try to fix the 'FIXME' ~Reconstruction
 * !61035 CaloSurfaceBuilder avoid un-needed allocation/ptr/new delete ~Calorimeter, ~LAr
 * !61023 Prevent FPE from division by zero in MM L1 Simulation ~Trigger
 * !61015 ATLASRECTS-7503 : Remove cout from DQTGlobalWZFinderAlg ~DQ
 * !61032 fix Tier0ChainTests permissions and CA test with calib run ~Tools
 * !60994 Tier0ChainTests cleanup + add some CA tests ~Tools
 * !60821 TrigGepPerf - add creation of 422 topo cluster to the standard GEP job TrigGepPerf/share/run_gep.py ~Trigger
 * !61003 Activate SimCoreTests(MT) ART jobs for 23.0 branch ~Simulation
 * !60944 Add particle barcode, child info to flavor tagging truth label ~Analysis, ~BTagging, ~Derivation, ~JetEtmiss, ~Run2-MCReco-output-changed, ~Tools
 * !59648 First prototype for an xAOD-based space point ~ACTS, ~EDM, ~InnerDetector, ~Tracking
 * !60969 TrigL2MuonSA: use CA version to configure TrigL2MuonSA ~Trigger, ~TriggerMenu
 * !60984 CA migration for combined muon trigger algorithms ~Trigger, ~TriggerMenu
 * !60915 Update HGTD.Geometry.useGeoModelXml flag + Run4 geotag for CI tests ~HGTD, ~Tools
 * !61000 SiHitCollectionCnv_p3(_p2) Protect against values stored std::vector<unsigned short> exceeding USHRT_MAX ~Digitization, ~InnerDetector, ~Simulation
 * !61002 TileROD_Decoder: Updated number of samples for FELIX fragments ~Tile
 * !60978 Remove the not very useful if checks in digitization ~Digitization, ~InnerDetector
 * !60997 InDetART: Use packaged dcube xml definition file for test_run4_el10 ~InnerDetector
 * !60998 Removing obsolete jO ~LAr
 * !60983 [ATR-27004] Revert parameter names in L1Topo algorithm ~Trigger, ~TriggerMenu
 * !60980 Pass config of TrackParticleCreator to TrackCollectionCnvTool ~EDM, ~InnerDetector, ~Tracking
 * !60974 Update ATLFAST3F_G4MS configuration ~Simulation
 * !60991 Update LArCalib_Example_WavePatcher.py ~LAr
 * !60988 SCT_ClusteringTool try to use move ctors to avoid extra allocations ~InnerDetector
 * !60977 Updates to particle flow physics validation histograms. ~JetEtmiss, ~Reconstruction
 * !60966 MuPatPrimitives: Add further missing includes for dev4 builds ~MuonSpectrometer
 * !60960 ID trigger tracking : Set default z width of RoIs (ATR-27012) ~Trigger, ~TriggerID, ~changes-trigger-counts
 * !60982 Updated MuonCombined flags for cosmics ~MuonSpectrometer, ~Reconstruction
 * !60967 Adding MMTP L1A ROD Decoder ~MuonSpectrometer
 * !60986 RIO_OnTrackCreator: Avoid too many string comparisons. Reduce verbosity a bit: ~Tracking
 * !60776 BIS78 RPC - Add cabling alg & tester ~MuonSpectrometer
 * !60985 Monitor executing time of CKF ~ACTS, ~Tracking
 * !60963 Update RIG AFP MC Test ~Reconstruction
 * !60850 Master zdc run2 fixes ~ForwardDetectors
 * !60880 ALFA elastic triggers in HI L1/HLT menus [ATR-23602] in master ~Trigger, ~TriggerMenu
 * !60962 LArADC2MeVCondAlg: Prepare to work with incomplete detector ~LAr
 * !60968 Fix and clean up gathena script - ATEAM-886 ~Core
 * !59450 enable IDPVM to run the IDTIDE derivation output ~InnerDetector
 * !60738 Read/Write/Decor handles for TruthDressingTool ~Derivation
 * !60830 cache the barcodes in Simulation/G4Sim/MCTruth/MCTruth/ ~Generators, ~Simulation
 * !60949 Update data overlay tests to CONDBR2-BLKPA-RUN2-10 ~Core, ~Overlay, ~Run2-DataOverlay-output-changed, ~Simulation, ~Tools
 * !60964 Add typedefs to selection.xml ~EDM, ~JetEtmiss
 * !60173 Update of ZCounting framework for Run 3 ~DQ
 * !60971 adding mc23c pileup profile ~Digitization, ~Simulation, ~Tools
 * !60970 schedule OutputConditionsAlg in AthOutSeq ~Database
 * !60937 Fix ITkStrip barrel modules in ACTS tracking geometry ~ACTS, ~Tracking
 * !60965 Update GenVertexFillerTool.cxx: small fix of the vertex id/status ~Analysis
 * !60927 Bump ACTS tag to v23.4.0 ~ACTS, ~Build
 * !60936 Setting default decoration prefix name for the output of TrackStateOnSurfaceDecorator ~Derivation
 * !60948 G4AtlasUserActionConfig: Allow UserActionsSvc used by G4AtlasAlg to use OptionalUserActions ~Simulation
 * !60924 TrkiPatFitterUtils/FitMeasurement avoid ptr/new/delete for  Eigen ~Tracking
 * !60947 fix to run on data ~Egamma, ~Reconstruction
 * !60952 Optimization of HepMC-related codes ~Analysis, ~JetEtmiss, ~Simulation, ~Trigger
 * !60945 Fix inconsistencies in ActsTrackingGeometryToolCfg and ActsExtrapolationToolCfg usage ~ACTS, ~InnerDetector, ~Tracking
 * !60950 jFEX tau updates and bugfixes ~JetEtmiss, ~Trigger, ~changes-trigger-counts
 * !60954 PileupReweighting: add support for MC23a ~Analysis
 * !60939 Updators pass simple types by value rather than const ref ~Tracking
 * !60959 NnClusterizationFactory': Try to move to the errors rather than deep copy over ~InnerDetector
 * !60942 Disable default Tracking.doStats flag ~ITk, ~InnerDetector, ~Tracking
 * !60957 JetHistoAttributeFiller : reduce verbosity a bit ~DQ, ~JetEtmiss, ~Reconstruction
 * !60930 CITest: Update list of ignore-leaves diff-root parameters for RecoLegacyVsCA tests ~Test
 * !60943 SimConfigFlags: Clean-up HITMerging auto-configuration ~Simulation
 * !60935 Update InDetConfigFlags for cosmics ~InnerDetector
 * !60934 LArCalib: Make FolderTagResolver more robust, to work with an intermediate sqlite file ~LAr
 * !60958 GlobalChi2 avoid a bit over verbose ouput ~Tracking
 * !60940 AnalysisTop: Changes needed for Electron triggers and global triggers ~Analysis, ~AnalysisTop, ~Trigger
 * !60953 Fix HI photon calo sequence ~Egamma, ~Trigger, ~TriggerMenu

Link to the full diff between [release/23.0.18](https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/tags/release/23.0.18) and
[release/23.0.17](https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/tags/release/23.0.17)
is available at
https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/compare/release/23.0.17...release/23.0.18

Fixes ATLASSIM-6398, needed for HIP trigger MC request (ATLMCPROD-10454)

Tagging AnalysisBase 22.2.110

Upgrade release and MC23a
Release request ticket: ATLINFR-4846

Tagging AnalysisBase 22.2.109

Tagging AnalysisBase 21.2.245

main purpose of the build : evgen merge tag allowing to fix metadata format for older releases

contains MRs (on top of what is already included into HepMC2 rel. 22.6.5):

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/60591 [AGENE-2172] LeptoQuark S-channel in Powheg including example config 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/60587 Change default OutputLevel for PyAthena components from ALL to INFO 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/60585 no longer use local copies of PDF sets for MadGraph 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/60716 Tidy-up of Forward Detector Simulation ART jobs 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/60749 GeneratorObjects+SCT_ConditionsTools: Suppress cppcheck warnings. 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/60745 AtlasHepMC: Const fix 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/60627 Added test PowegHook for tW

For ATLMCPROD-10370 (fixes typo)

main purpose of the build:
fixing hepmc_version in TagInfo to allow using 23.6 releases for MC16 and MC20 productions

contains MRs:

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/60066 MadGraph PDFs for Run3 update 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/57430 CA-based ParticleGun configuration

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/60138 Updating Pythia8_i components 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/60110 Less barcodes and switch to the HepMC::is_simulation_particle 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/60153 Use particles for comparison, not barcodes

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/60216 Reduce the usage of barcodes 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/60033 Implementing ComponentAccumulator-based configuration for Forward Detector Simulation 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/60220 cppcheck: identical inner condition

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/60273 AtlasHepMC: Add missing unordered_map include for gcc12 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/60285 EvgenJobTransforms: make the ART tests run for master--HepMC2 nightly

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/60291 Pythia8B_i: allow the weights to be filled for HepMC2 running too 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/60363 Fix FlowAfterburner compilation in master--HepMC2 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/60403 ComponentAccumulator-based configuration of Tile Test Beam Simulation 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/60533 HepMcParticleLink: fix inefficient barcode processing when they are 0 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/60530 GenEvent: use references 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/60532 correct format of HepMC_version TagInfo entry 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/60565 Update xAODDecaysFinalStateFilter to use lepton flavor  

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/60536 Pass particles/vertices by const reference in Generators where appropriate

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/60609 Backwards compatibility for 'hepmc_version' metadata

Tagging AnalysisBase 21.2.244

MC23a simulation candidate, derivations and upgrade production

AthDerivation release for the BPHYS group, all formats are working.

Tagging AnalysisBase 21.2.243

Tagging AnalysisBase 22.2.108

purpose of build : VINCIA matching needed in production
contains MRs:

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/58956 Large update of PowhegControl docs 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/59284 [AGENE-2156] Introducing gg4l process to PowhegControl 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/59765 Sherpa 2.2.14 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/59826 Sherpa 2.2.14.atlas version update

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/60050 VINCIA Matching in R21