Script to write default raw event and MC info to MDF file

Adds a script that combines the default raw event (containing the raw banks of the sub-detectors) with a raw event containing MC information and writes the combined raw events to an MDF file. This allows to dump MDF files (also containing MC information) for Allen standalone running.

The script to dump binary files for Allen standalone running is removed with this MR, as binary files are no longer supported as input for Allen as of Allen!561 (merged).

Adds a qmtest for the dumped MDF file and geometry binaries. This used to be tested in Allen for dumped binary files.

Requires LHCb!3043 (merged); Goes with Rec!2415 (merged) and Allen!561 (merged)

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mentioned in merge request Allen!561 (merged)

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• db18c9b0 - start modifying Allen binary dumping script to use RawEventMapCombiner
• 2c58ce76 - dump MC info for Allen standalone running to MDF
• 3b389a1e - write default_raw_event to MDF as test
• da3de93e - add script to dump default raw event and MC info to MDF file; refactor script...
• e66e90cd - Fixed formatting
• afc56ac5 - set name for geometry directory, specify input samples from TestFileDB
• 423947f7 - remove functions for binary file dumping

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mentioned in merge request Rec!2415 (merged)

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• 6bcc13c7 - Fixed formatting
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• b676b42b - start modifying Allen binary dumping script to use RawEventMapCombiner
• f64cacfa - dump MC info for Allen standalone running to MDF
• 9229f4db - write default_raw_event to MDF as test
• 7f3a32a5 - add script to dump default raw event and MC info to MDF file; refactor script...
• 0f273f00 - Fixed formatting
• c999db6c - set name for geometry directory, specify input samples from TestFileDB
• 0931ab43 - remove functions for binary file dumping
• 686bd5e3 - Fixed formatting
• 910ca3af - remove unused import

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mentioned in issue #293 (closed)

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• 43a93ae5 - geometry directory name set based on configuration tags

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LGTM.

There are two options files touched here. Does hlt1_reco_allen_track_reconstruction.py have a corresponding qmtest, and if not should it? mdf_for_standalone_Allen.py is new so I guess doesn't have a test, should it?

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