[Rivet] Time for Rivet 2.5.3?

[Andy Buckley]

On 06/12/16 18:13, Holger Schulz wrote:
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> On 05/12/16 14:38, Andy Buckley wrote:
>> Hi Riveters,
>>
>> I merged all the pending contrib analyses into the Rivet 2.5.x branch
>> last week, and along with a few other infrastructure improvements and
>> bugfixes this feels to me like critical mass for the next patch
>> release, 2.5.3.
>>
> I might want to add a few more analyses --- when is the deadline?

I thought there was an extra week before the BSM workshop at CERN... but 
it's next week (damn, I was hoping to do a validation study of some of 
our detector smearing before then: argh, not enough research time.)

Unless there's a *good* reason to wait and get more analyses in (or if 
there are bugs), I'd hence like to have the release done this week in 
order to be able to announce it at the meeting.

>> I think the automatic build & validation system is maybe having
>> trouble at the moment (Holger?)
> I'll have a look.

Thanks!

>> , but once that is running successfully on the branch head I suggest
>> that I just tag & release the thing: any objections / last requests?
> Other than adding some more analyses I don't have anything to contribute
> right now.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Andy
>>
>> PS. From here I hope that we can get the main features for 2.6.0 done
>> and ready for release in January, and hopefully the next v3 beta will
>> be available for Christmas, with a full release not too long into 2017.
> That sounds wonderful!


Ok, thanks. I'm tempted to say "wait for 2.5.4" for more analyses, 
unless they're already written and just need copying into place.

For 2.6.0 I want to implement the rawParticles()/particles() interface 
we discussed a while back (which among other things will lead to 
DressedLeptons being smearable), and I'm keen to automate the analysis 
plugin builds a bit more, to make future analysis integration a lot 
easier. We have a few other things in the Trello to-do list, like 
renaming old analyses from Spires-based to Inspire-based names... let's 
see if we feel up to that!

Oh, and somehow coming up with a plan for supporting/allowing FastJet 
contrib plugins, MCT calculations, and other things involving external 
libraries. I've still got no bright ideas about that.

Cheers,
Andy

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