[Rivet] Work for Rivet 2.4.0 release: call for contributions!

[Holger Schulz]

Oh and can you please all remind me not to forget to react to
two bug reports Christian G. sent me?

Thanks,
Holger



On 23/09/15 15:54, Holger Schulz wrote:
> On 23/09/15 15:50, Andy Buckley wrote:
>> Is this that "enthusiasm" thing I've heard about?
> Nah just way too much coffee :)
>
> HOlger
>>
>> Andy
>>
>>
>> On 23/09/15 15:46, Holger Schulz wrote:
>>> On 23/09/15 15:43, Andy Buckley wrote:
>>>> Hi Holger,
>>>>
>>>> Timeline is given on the line in between the two times it says
>>>> "Holger" ;-) End of this week / start of next.
>>> Allright!
>>>>
>>>> Do you remember what happened to the CMS 1122847 analysis for version
>>>> 2.3.0? Chris thought you were assigned to it somehow, but I have no
>>>> mention of it (at least not via the Inspire ID) in my email.
>>> Allright!
>>>>
>>>> I think that segfault thing has been dealt with. Please try the
>>>> release-2-3-x branch and scream if it still crashes. And/or check the
>>>> changelog.
>>> Allright!
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Andy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 23/09/15 15:16, Holger Schulz wrote:
>>>>> On 23/09/15 15:03, Andy Buckley wrote:
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> An update on the Rivet 2.4.0 status. I've merged James Monk & Gavin
>>>>>> Hesketh's patches, and done a few other tweaks such that the only
>>>>>> thing remaining on the Trello board is "integrate new analyses". 
>>>>>> Good
>>>>>> time for a new release.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've also "done" the two that were assigned to me, at least as 
>>>>>> far as
>>>>>> was possible. Here's an updated assignment list, with one more 
>>>>>> for me,
>>>>>> two for David G, and two "missing" ones tentatively assigned to 
>>>>>> Holger
>>>>>> ;-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Getting these integrated by the end of the week would be ideal, 
>>>>>> so we
>>>>>> can run the validation scripts over the weekend.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Others... Holger?
>>>>>>   CMS_2013_I1122847  (missing since 2.3.0 cf. Xavier's email)
>>>>>>   D0_2000_I503361.tar.gz
>>>>>
>>>>> Can do. What's the timeline?
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, I noticed that the MC_ELECTRONS and MC_MUONS have a histo
>>>>> initialisation
>>>>> problem leading to segfaults in rivet 2.2.1 --- not sure if this 
>>>>> is has
>>>>> been dealt with
>>>>> since then.
>>>>>
>>>>> Holger
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>> Andy, de facto release coordinator :-P
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 21/09/15 00:06, Andy Buckley wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi Riveteers,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Another call for volunteers to do some analysis merging. Come 
>>>>>>> on, we
>>>>>>> decided during the June face-to-face meeting that this was how 
>>>>>>> it was
>>>>>>> going to work... step up!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> To get the ball rolling, here's a couple of first allocations:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Chris P
>>>>>>>   ATLAS_2014_I1326641.tar.gz
>>>>>>>   ATLAS_2014_I1327229.tar.gz
>>>>>>>   ATLAS_2015_I1387176.tar.gz
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Andy B (lectures start next week otherwise I'd take more)
>>>>>>>   CMS_2014_I1305624.tgz
>>>>>>>   CMS_2015_I1310737.new.tgz / CMS_2015_I1310737.orig.tgz
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Come join us! David, Holger, Frank, others... here's your updated
>>>>>>> choice, don't make Chris & I do them all by ourselves:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   CMS_2015_I1327224.tgz
>>>>>>>   CMS_2013_I1122847
>>>>>>>   CMS_2015_I1346843.tgz
>>>>>>>   D0_2000_I503361.tar.gz
>>>>>>>   TOTEM_2014_I1328627
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Replies and action pronto, please ;-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As far as procedure goes, in case you were wondering, please add 
>>>>>>> these
>>>>>>> analyses into the release-2-3-x branch as if we didn't know that 
>>>>>>> there
>>>>>>> were big enough core changes to justify a minor (as opposed to
>>>>>>> micro/patch) release. We'll merge that branch to default before
>>>>>>> releasing 2.4.0.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> Andy
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 10/09/15 17:19, Andy Buckley wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hey everyone,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> A reminder that we agreed to increase the Rivet release frequency,
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> that the next analysis update release should happen before the 
>>>>>>>> end of
>>>>>>>> this month.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If we hadn't done any other development in the last couple of 
>>>>>>>> months,
>>>>>>>> that release would be 2.3.1, but we have actually changed enough
>>>>>>>> (in a
>>>>>>>> stable and complete way) to justify version 2.4.0.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Unless there are pressing bugfixes or developments that I'm not 
>>>>>>>> aware
>>>>>>>> of, all that remains to be done before validation is to hook up 
>>>>>>>> the 8
>>>>>>>> new analysis codes in the contrib directory:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ATLAS_2014_I1326641.tar.gz
>>>>>>>> ATLAS_2014_I1327229.tar.gz
>>>>>>>> ATLAS_2015_I1387176.tar.gz
>>>>>>>> CMS_2014_I1305624.tgz
>>>>>>>> CMS_2015_I1310737.new.tgz
>>>>>>>> CMS_2015_I1310737.orig.tgz
>>>>>>>> CMS_2015_I1327224.tgz
>>>>>>>> CMS_2015_I1346843.tgz
>>>>>>>> D0_2000_I503361.tar.gz
>>>>>>>> (note that two of these are "new" and "orig" versions of the same
>>>>>>>> analysis)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We also said that we would distribute the work, to make new 
>>>>>>>> analysis
>>>>>>>> releases unintimidating for developers... so, who wants to 
>>>>>>>> integrate
>>>>>>>> which analysis codes? ;-) Add the new analyses on the 
>>>>>>>> release-2-3-x
>>>>>>>> branch, and I will sync them into default before we make the 
>>>>>>>> release
>>>>>>>> (cf. earlier discussions about what sorts of changes go on which
>>>>>>>> branches.)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Volunteers please... thanks in advance.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Andy
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> PS. Holger/David, the contrib dir needs some umask or similar
>>>>>>>> permissions set so that the tarballs are group-writeable. 
>>>>>>>> Several of
>>>>>>>> these new ones aren't, so intervention from root will needed to 
>>>>>>>> move
>>>>>>>> them to the pre2.4.0 dir when we make it. Also, the email
>>>>>>>> notifications
>>>>>>>> about new tarballs seem to be broken (right?)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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