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

[Andy Buckley]

Update/reminder of Rivet 2.4.0 analysis integration assignments:

Chris P
   ATLAS_2014_I1326641.tar.gz
   ATLAS_2014_I1327229.tar.gz
   ATLAS_2015_I1387176.tar.gz

Andy B
   CMS_2014_I1305624.tgz      B0RKED
   CMS_2015_I1310737.new.tgz  DONE
   TOTEM_2014_I1328627        DONE
   CMS_2015_I1384119.tgz      DONE
   CMS_2015_I1385107.tgz

David G
   CMS_2015_I1327224.tgz
   CMS_2015_I1346843.tgz

Holger
   CMS_2013_I1122847  (missing since 2.3.0 cf. Xavier's email)
   D0_2000_I503361.tar.gz

I've taken the two new CMS ones. Let's get this done in the next couple 
of days so we can release this week.

Andy


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.
>
>
> Chris P
>    ATLAS_2014_I1326641.tar.gz
>    ATLAS_2014_I1327229.tar.gz
>    ATLAS_2015_I1387176.tar.gz
>
> Andy B
>    CMS_2014_I1305624.tgz      B0RKED
>    CMS_2015_I1310737.new.tgz  DONE
>    TOTEM_2014_I1328627
>
> David G
>    CMS_2015_I1327224.tgz
>    CMS_2015_I1346843.tgz
>
> Others... Holger?
>    CMS_2013_I1122847  (missing since 2.3.0 cf. Xavier's email)
>    D0_2000_I503361.tar.gz
>
>
> 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?)
>>>
>>
>>
>
>


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