v53r4.md

2021-10-22 LHCb v53r4

This version uses Gaudi v36r2 and LCG 101 with ROOT 6.24.06.

This version is released on master branch. Built relative to LHCb v53r3, with the following changes:

New features new feature

• Decoding Calo | New calorimeter encoding/decoding, !3287 (@jmarchan) ⭐
• Decoding Event model | New ODIN implementation, !3088 (@clemenci) [#123] ⭐
• Utilities | Add EmptyProducer class, !3273 (@cmarinbe)

Fixes bug fix workaround

• Configuration | Fix: configuration of public and private tools, !3279 (@chasse)
• Persistency | Throw exception for 0 counters in HltSelRepRBObjTyp, !3285 (@thboettc)
• Persistency Simulation | Avoid schema evolution of GenFSR, !3280 (@graven) [#154]

Enhancements enhancement

• Tracking Event model | Adapt state for SOACollection based tracks, !3270 (@decianm)
• Calo | Add new MC2DigitTable, !3245 (@nuvallsc)
• Functors Monitoring | Implement a ThOr functor-based monitoring, !3278 (@mramospe)
• Core | Introduce an interface to obtain scheduler configuration & state (@graven), !3281 (@rmatev)
• Conditions | Added check of input numbers on derived conditions, !3275 (@bcouturi)
• Build | Add x86_64_v3-centos7-gcc11-opt+g platform, !3295 (@rmatev)
• Create LHCb specific version of MergingMultiTransformerFilter., !3274 (@lmeyerga)

Code cleanups and changes to tests modernisation cleanup testing

• Composites | Small update to ParticleV2, !3277 (@msaur) [#159]
• Persistency | Fix mdfdump script after changes in RawBank and cppyy, !3290 (@lmeyerga)
• Update v3 gcc11 refs, !3292 (@rmatev)
• ODINCodec.cpp - remove unused constants, !3289 (@jonrob)
• Add global exclusion for the ROOT change of units warning printed on stderr and adapted tests, !3283 (@bcouturi)