Release notes and dependencies for LHCb v53r3

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15)
 option(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS "Enable/Disable output of compile_commands.json" ON)
 
-project(LHCb VERSION 53.2
+project(LHCb VERSION 53.3
         LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 # Enable testing with CTest/CDash

ReleaseNotes/v53r3.md

+2021-10-04 LHCb v53r3
+===
+
+This version uses
+Gaudi [v36r1](../../../../Gaudi/-/tags/v36r1) and
+LCG [100](http://lcginfo.cern.ch/release/100/) with ROOT 6.24.00.
+
+This version is released on `master` branch.
+Built relative to LHCb [v53r2](/../../tags/v53r2), with the following changes:
+
+### New features ~"new feature"
+
+- ~Conditions | Add support for TH3 reading from conditions DB, !3208 (@chasse)
+- RefBot going live!, !3272 (@chasse)
+
+
+### Enhancements ~enhancement
+
+- LHCbAlgs: add missing MultiTransformerFilter in LHCb::Algorithms namespace, !3266 (@graven)
+
+
+### Code cleanups and changes to tests ~modernisation ~cleanup ~testing
+
+- ~Persistency | Move Packing related algorithms to Event/EventPacker, !3269 (@sesen)
+- ~Persistency | Spruce reports to RawBanks, further cleanup of HltDAQ, !3260 (@graven)
+- Migrate to LHCb::Algorithm, !3267 (@graven)