[Rivet] analysis

[Andy Buckley]

On 06/05/15 12:58, David Grellscheid wrote:
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> On 01/05/15 16:34, Andy Buckley wrote:
>> Yes, we need to add that to our procedure.
>>
>> The theorist use of vanilla SLC6 systems (it'd be better to just use
>> Ubuntu or Fedora...) is our main blocker on moving Rivet "properly" to
>> C++11: the relevant experiment software builds are all using up-to-date
>> compilers. But SLC7 / CC7 is available now, and lxplus7 is available,
>> with the vanilla compiler being the fully C++11-compatible GCC 4.8.3...
>> so maybe we *are* now at the point where we could match that switch, say
>> with Rivet 2.3.0. Opinions?
> 
> Don't forget non-experiment Grid users, who are stuck with default SLC6
> unless they build and ship their own compilers. This will also be a
> major issue for HepMC3 adoption on the generator side.

Hmm, good point. The SL "plan" has a lot to answer for...

Andy

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Dr Andy Buckley, Lecturer / Royal Society University Research Fellow
Particle Physics Expt Group, University of Glasgow