Merge branch 'master' into dev/Configurables

* master: (123 commits)
  Updated tag_release.py script to allow tagging from a (global) branch.
  forgot to update Gaudi/cmt/version.cmt
  Preparing release of Gaudi v22r2
  Fixed a defect spotted by Coverity in KeyedObject (UNINIT_CTOR).
  Fixed a defect spotted by Coverity in KeyedObject (UNINIT_CTOR).
  Added use of LIKELY/UNLIKELY for testing.
  Moved the LIKELY and UNLIKELY macros to GaudiKernel/Kernel.h
  Merged changes for branch prediction helper macros (LIKELY/UNLIKELY) https://svnweb.cern.ch/trac/gaudi/changeset/6471
  Fixed the usage of cpp fragments on Windows.
  Fixed a bug introduced with revision 6509. (d4ddd261)
  Restored fix to Makefile.cmt lost when merging GAUDI_nativedep. (fix was in 581f984c)
  fixed permissions of EventNodeKiller.{h,cpp}
  Patch #4814: Move EventNodeKiller algorithm from LHCb to Gaudi. Imported EventNodeKiller.{h,cpp} from   svn+ssh://svn.cern.ch/reps/lhcb/LHCb/trunk/Kernel/LHCbAlgs/src Modified the imported files to avoid generating debug messages if they are not going to be printed. https://savannah.cern.ch/patch/?4814
  Updated GaudiSvc release notes (patch #4819).
  Applied patch #4819 (part 2)
  Applied patch #4819 (part 1)
  Updated GaudiPolicy release notes.
  Fixed bug #79627: ChronoAuditor broken for custom event types https://savannah.cern.ch/bugs/?79627
  Fixed a typo
  Fixed a couple of warnings coming from NDEBUG.
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