sPHENIX discussion of software

[pinkenburg <pinkenburg AT bnl.gov>]

Hi folks,

the newer version of genfit needs root6 to build - which is a huge 
carrot for us to move to this (and also - running with something which 
wasn't invented when dinosaurs roamed the earth might be nice). Our code 
has been compiling with it for some time, now our main reconstruction 
macros (Fun4All_G4_sPHENIX.C, Fun4All_G4_fsPHENIX.C and 
Fun4All_G4_EICDetector.C) and the macros they execute have been adapted. 
They currently live on the root6 branch of our macro repository. They 
should be compatible with root5 (with the root6 stuff behind an #ifdef) 
but that needs a bit more testing. If you want to play with this - here 
are instructions how to set yourself up and run under root6:

https://wiki.bnl.gov/sPHENIX/index.php/Sphenix_root6

Our current root version is 6.14.00

Have a good weekend
Chris

P.S. Let me know of the problems you encounter

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