[u/mrichter/AliRoot.git] / HLT / ChangeLog

2007-11-24 tagged AliRoot v4-08-Release
	- libAliHLTTrigger added: selective ALTRO readout trigger
	- libAliHLTComp added: Huffman compression of ALTRO data
	- HOMER library manager added: dynamic creation of readers and
	  writers
	- Framework:
	  - generalized data types for raw data
	  - block forwarding
	  - integration into AliSimulation
	  - HLTOUT framework
	  - component registration via agents
	- TPC:
	  - zero suppression enhanced in Pad/PadArray classes
	  - AltroChannelSelector component
	  - 
	- MUON
	  - calibration components
	  - improved track matching and trigger record
	- TRD
	  - calibration, clusterizer and tracker components
	- PHOS
	  - full set of analysis components for PHOS Oct 2007 beamtime
	  - analysis macros for recorded HLT data
	  - MIP trigger
	- Util
	  - BlockFilter component
	  - improvements in FileWriter
	
2007-10-16
	- implemented component registration via agents
	- added HLTOUT component as default data sink for simulation
	- added AliHLTAgentSim for libHLTsim.so
	- AliHLTComponentHandler: more robust library handling
	
2007-08-17 version HLT-v0-7 tagged
	- corresponds to AliRoot v4-06-Rev-00
	- calibration framework
	- TPC calibration components
	- see below for further changes

2007-07-27 Calibration Processor and TPC calibration components (Jochen)
	- calibration processor base class added
	- TPC pulser and pedestal calibration components adapted
	
2007-07-18 HLT base
	- analysis framework handles SOR and EOR events, GetRunNo/Type
	  added to AliHLTComponent

2007-07-17 HLT base
	- extended high-level component interface in order to allow header
	  buffer before TObjects
	- ROOT memory file added
	- ROOT file streamer added
	- workaround for ROOT garbage collection causing crashes when
	  cleaning up input objects
	
2007-05-09 version HLT-v0-6 tagged
	Highlights
	BASE libHLTbase version 3.1.0
	- High level component interface implemeted
	- framework for AliRoot reconstruction added
	- HLT logging converted to AliLog, AliLog trap added in order to
	  be able to redirect messages written to AliLog
	- module agents for HLT libraries imlemented
	- all utility components now moved from HLTbase to AliHLTUtil
	TPC libAliHLTTPC version 3.1.1
	- DigitReaderPacked revived
	- merger added to slice tracker
	- improvements on the ESD conversion
	TRD
	- first version of components using offline reconstruction added
	PHOS
	- 
2007-04-27 HLT base
	- memory leaks corrected
	- AliLog support moved to libAliHLTUtil in order to keep
	- libHLTbase free of AliRoot dependencies
	- dynamic loading of AliLog support
	- AliHLTFileWriter moved to libAliHLTUtil
	- workaround for ROOT bug: in order to avoid crashes when unloading 
	  dynamic libraries via gSystem, the libraries are not unloaded
	  further investigation necessary
2007-04-17 HLT sample applications
	- publisher for AliLoader trees added
	- sample analysis chain added tp sample lib
	- tutorial and documentation
	- benchmark functionality added to AliHLTSystem
2007-03-14 aliroot integration
	- AliHLTSystem interface methods to AliHLTReconstructor implemeted
	- AliHLTModuleAgent introduced for each HLT module, sample
	  agent added to libAliHLTSample
	- AliHLTOfflineInterface base classes added
	- AliHLTFilePublisher, AliHLTRootFileWriter/Publisher moved to 
	  libAliHLTUtil (AliHLTFileWriter will follow when dep. to PHOS are
	  cleared)
2007-03-09 logging system
	- adapted to AliRoot logging system, messages printed out via AliRoot
	  message channel
	- AliRoot logging methods can be used in the same way as in AliRoot
	- HLT TPC logging methods fixed to be redirected to the common logging
	  channel
	- handling of configurations corrected in order to cope with the
	  Root CINT garbage collection.
	- TPCLib stand-alone build system changed in order to use AliRoot package
	  definition
2007-03-01 changes by Gaute (TPC)
	- added InterMerger to SliceTrackerComponent, can be switched off by
	  component argument 'disable-merger'
	- new data type 'TRACKS' defined for TPC describing tracks in global
	  coordinates
	- GlobalMergerComponent has TRACKS/TPC as output data type
	- new component argument to ClusterFinderComponent: timebins <n> specifies
	  the number of timebins to overcome the discrepancy between simulated
	  and real data
	- TPCEsdWriter adapted to new TRACKS/TPC data type
2007-02-21
	- high-level component interface added
	- libHLTbase version 2:0:0
	
2007-02-20 version HLT-v0-5 tagged
	
2007-02-20
	- Cellular Automaton tracker added to TPC Lib
	- TPC OnlineDisplay updated to the latest version of the CERN HLT cluster
	  libAliHLTTPCDisplay version for the AliHLTGUI v 1.5.2
	- TPC ESD writer component finalized
2007-02-05
	- improvements in AliHLTFilePublisher/Writer
	- minor fix in component handler to pipe log messages during registration
	  of standard components into right log channel
	- the ProcessEvent method is now a method of the component base class,
	  the actual processing method to implement is DoProcessing
	- new standard component AliHLTRootFileWriterComponent added
	- TPCLib: AliHLTTPCEsdWriterComponent added, conversion of AliHLTTPCTrack
	  to AliTPCtrack implemented (not finished)
	- small fixes in stand-alone build system (libAliHLTPHOS.pkg, *LinkDef.h)
	
2007-01-19
	- AliHLTFileWriter added, handling of standard components in libHLT
	  added to ComponentHandler
	- several fixes in the HLT offline framework
2007-01-05
	- changes according to coding conventions and documentation
	- AliHLTTPCDigitReaderRaw: HAVE_TPC_MAPPING dependent implementation
	  fixed in order to make class definition independent
	- helper functions for data structure handling added
	- libHLTbase.pkg and libAliHLTSample.pkg included to the stand-alone
	  build system
	- AliHLTFilePublisher added
	- target to create the stand-alone sample library package added
2006-12-28 changes according to coding conventions
	- special characters in function names have been removed in the
	  internal usage, the C interface still uses them in order to preserve
	  backward compatibility
2006-12-18 commit from Jochen
	- TPCDisplay library version 2
	  - library version for the AliHLTGUI v 1.5
	- argument scan of the AliHLTTPCDigitReaderRaw cleaned up
2006-12-12
	- use_newio switch removed, always on
	- AliHLTTPC and AliHLTTPCClustFinderNew removed from compilation of
	  libAliHLTTPC.so
2006-12-03 
	- integration of libHLTbase into AliRoot prepared
	- SampleLib as stand-alone package
	- library development tutorial
2006-11-30 intermediate version
	- setup scripts for running environment added
	- bugfix in configure which caused the check for PubSub components
	  to fail on some architectures
	- ComponentHandler takes ROOT dynamic library loader as fallback if
	  dlopen is not available
	- minor changes to avoid effC++ and other warnings
	- work on the Task chain processing
2006-11-08
	- configure adapted to the new directory structure of the HOMER module in
	  PubSub
	- TPCLib
	  - AliHLTTPCPad: occupancy calculation added
	  - AliHLTTPCClusterFinder bugfix in order to avoid empty cluster data structure and
	    component dead lock
	  - AliHLTTPCClusterFinder adapted to use occupancy level for suppression of 
	    noisy pads
	  - AliHLTTPCClusterFinderComponent: new parameter 'occupancy-limit' which is effective
	    when pp-run option is set
	  - AliHLTTPCDigitReaderRaw
	    2 more rawreader modes ( 4, 5) are added by Timm.
            In Simulated data the RCU trailer word seems to have 2 32 bit words ( but its not
	    defined like this)
	    -> mode 4: 2 32 bit words, sorted
	    -> mode 5: 2 32 bit words, unsorted
	  - AliHLTTPCSliceTrackerComponent bugfix variable initialisation (by Timm?)
	  - AliHLTTPCTransform changed N TimeBins to 1024 according to raw TPC data
	    added automatic calculation of timebin width out of N TimeBins
	  - OnlineDisplay: intermediate version
	    - eventID added
	    - range, all, and one TimeBin selectable
	    - Front view shows maximum, average, and sum of selected timebins
	    - zerosupression of raw data added to PadRow, Pad, Front, 3D
2006-10-12 added the PHOS library to the package
2006-10-05 extensions in AliHLTTPCDisplay
	- handling of new include directory structure of the HOMER header files
	- default geometry file introduced
	- library compile time and property functions added
	- geometry file alice.geom added to distribution; to be installed in
	  <prefix>/share/alice-hlt
2006-09-07 HLT-v0-4
	- TPC digit reader classes fetch row range from AliHLTTPCTransform
        - code from TPC commissioning version merged
	  - DigitReaderRaw added with different read modes (sorted/unsorted;
	    several data specifications to adapt to the real data)
	  - DigitReaderPacked capable of sorting incoming data 
	  - straight line fit implemented in Conformal Mapping Fit
	- TPCDisplay library added
	  - the library needs the HOMER package, which is part of the PubSub
	    Framework, currently there is a circular dependency which will
	    be removed or handled better
	- bugfix HLTComponentHandler::CreateComponent: result handling after DoInit
	- bugfix ClusterFinder: index check for arrays of fixed size
	- base line calculation and zero suppression implemented into
	  Cluster Finder: new argument 'adc-threshold' for ClusterFinderComponent 
	- Makefiles of the old build scheme have been removed
2006-08-23 version HLT-v0-3
	- check for AliRoot features/libs/files and corresponding conditional
	  build
	- made package capable of handling the splitted RawData (changed in
	  AliRoot version v4-04-Rev-07
	- libHLTBase linked to ROOT libraries, TPCLib linked to ROOT and AliRoot
	  libraries -> avoid addlibrary options for wrapper subscriber 
	- made package indepentend of src
	  added BASE/AliHLTStdIncludes.h which should take the job of
	  including std headers
	- removed eff C++ warnings in BASE
	- TPCref library off by default
	- TPCLib version interface no 2
	- started to sort header includes in TPCLib
	- added version announcement to base library
	
2006-08-17 Jochen's TPCLib source code from Jan 2006 (not a joke) merged
	- bugfix in AliHLTTPCConfMapper (caused low tracking efficiency)
	- Online Display development
	- Note: the AliHLTTPCDisplay Interface has been changed -> AliHLTGUI
	  has to be re-linked
	- no changes in BASE

2005-09-07 Files imported from src comp and kalman into new TPCLib
	a short history of files ...
	AliHLTTPCBenchmark.cxx	                         AliHLTBenchmark.cxx,v 1.10 2005/06/14 10:55:21 cvetan Exp 
	AliHLTTPCBenchmark.h			         AliHLTBenchmark.h,v 1.6 2004/06/26 11:39:40 loizides 
	AliHLTTPCClusterFinder.cxx		         original AliHLTClustFinderNew.cxx
	AliHLTTPCClusterFinder.h                         original AliHLTClustFinderNew.h	                                         
	AliHLTTPCClustFinderNew.cxx			 AliHLTClustFinderNew.cxx,v 1.29 2005/06/14 10:55:21 cvetan Exp 	
	AliHLTTPCClustFinderNew.h                        AliHLTClustFinderNew.h,v 1.13 2004/06/18 10:55:26 loizides Exp 		
	AliHLTTPCConfMapFit.cxx		                 AliHLTConfMapFit.cxx,v 1.14 2005/06/14 10:55:21 cvetan Exp	
	AliHLTTPCConfMapFit.h	                         AliHLTConfMapFit.h,v 1.5 2004/07/05 09:03:11 loizides Exp 	   
	AliHLTTPCConfMapper.cxx		                 AliHLTConfMapper.cxx,v 1.26 2005/06/14 10:55:21 cvetan Exp $	
	AliHLTTPCConfMapper.h                            AliHLTConfMapper.h,v 1.11 2004/07/05 09:03:11 loizides Exp $		  
	AliHLTTPCConfMapPoint.cxx		         AliHLTConfMapPoint.cxx,v 1.10 2005/06/23 17:46:55 hristov Exp $	
	AliHLTTPCConfMapPoint.h		                 AliHLTConfMapPoint.h,v 1.8 2005/06/23 17:46:55 hristov Exp $   	
	AliHLTTPCConfMapTrack.cxx		         AliHLTConfMapTrack.cxx,v 1.16 2005/06/14 10:55:21 cvetan Exp $	
	AliHLTTPCConfMapTrack.h		                 AliHLTConfMapTrack.h,v 1.4 2004/06/16 11:25:06 loizides Exp $	
	AliHLTTPC.cxx			                 AliLevel3.cxx,v 1.42 2004/06/11 16:06:33 loizides Exp $
	                                              		Mod: Digits-thing
	AliHLTTPCDigitData.h			         AliHLTDigitData.h,v 1.5 2004/05/12 11:51:27 loizides Exp $	
	AliHLTTPCDisplay.cxx		                 AliHLTDisplay.cxx,v 1.26 2005/06/14 10:55:21 cvetan Exp $
	                                                 	Mod.
	AliHLTTPCDisplay.h			         AliHLTDisplay.h,v 1.14 2004/06/30 08:30:14 loizides Exp $
	                                                 	Mod. 
	AliHLTTPCFileHandler.cxx	                 AliHLTFileHandler.cxx,v 1.49 2005/06/23 17:46:55 hristov Exp $  	 
	AliHLTTPCFileHandler.h	                         AliHLTFileHandler.h,v 1.19 2004/06/11 16:06:33 loizides Exp $ 	
	AliHLTTPCFitter.cxx		                 AliHLTFitter.cxx,v 1.14 2005/06/14 10:55:21 cvetan Exp $	
	AliHLTTPCFitter.h			         AliHLTFitter.h,v 1.7 2004/07/05 09:02:18 loizides Exp $		
	AliHLTTPCGlobalMerger.cxx	                 AliHLTGlobalMerger.cxx,v 1.13 2005/06/14 10:55:21 cvetan Exp $	
	AliHLTTPCGlobalMerger.h		                 AliHLTGlobalMerger.h,v 1.6 2004/02/02 15:00:34 loizides Exp $	
	AliHLTTPC.h				         AliLevel3.h,v 1.24 2004/06/11 16:06:33 loizides 
	                                          		Added AliHLTDigitReaderUnpacked  
	AliHLTTPCInterMerger.cxx		         AliHLTInterMerger.cxx,v 1.8 2005/06/14 10:55:21 cvetan Exp $	
	AliHLTTPCInterMerger.h		                 AliHLTInterMerger.h,v 1.4 2004/02/02 15:00:34 loizides Exp $	
	AliHLTTPCLog.cxx		                 AliHLTLog.cxx,v 1.1 2004/05/14 09:37:22 loizides Exp $	
	AliHLTTPCLogging.h		                 AliHLTLogging.h,v 1.11 2004/10/09 11:28:31 loizides Exp $	
	AliHLTTPCLog.h			                 AliHLTLog.h,v 1.2 2004/06/11 16:06:33 loizides Exp $	
	AliHLTTPCMemHandler.cxx		                 AliHLTMemHandler.cxx,v 1.52 2005/06/14 10:55:21 cvetan Exp $	
	AliHLTTPCMemHandler.h		                 AliHLTMemHandler.h,v 1.30 2004/10/06 08:51:20 cvetan Exp $	         
	AliHLTTPCMerger.cxx			         AliHLTMerger.cxx,v 1.16 2005/06/14 10:55:21 cvetan Exp $	
	AliHLTTPCMerger.h		                 AliHLTMerger.h,v 1.8 2004/06/11 16:06:33 loizides Exp $	
	AliHLTTPCRootTypes.h		                 AliHLTRootTypes.h,v 1.12 2004/06/15 14:02:38 loizides Exp $	
	AliHLTTPCSpacePointData.h	                 AliHLTSpacePointData.h,v1.4 2003/07/27 21:02:09 loizides Exp $
	                                               		Added: Bool_t fUsed;
	AliHLTTPCStandardIncludes.h	                 AliHLTStandardIncludes.h,v 1.5 2005/06/14 10:55:21 cvetan Exp $	
	AliHLTTPCTrackArray.cxx	                         AliHLTTrackArray.cxx,v 1.21 2005/06/14 10:55:21 cvetan Exp $	
	AliHLTTPCTrackArray.h		                 AliHLTTrackArray.h,v 1.7 2004/06/11 16:06:33 loizides Exp $	
	AliHLTTPCTrack.cxx		                 AliHLTTrack.cxx,v 1.322005/06/14 10:55:21 cvetan Exp $	
	AliHLTTPCTrack.h		                 AliHLTTrack.h,v 1.18 2005/03/31 04:48:58 cvetan Exp $	
	AliHLTTPCTrackMerger.cxx	                 AliHLTTrackMerger.cxx,v 1.12 2005/06/14 10:55:21 cvetan Exp $	
	AliHLTTPCTrackMerger.h		                 AliHLTTrackMerger.h,v 1.6 2005/04/19 04:29:01 cvetan Exp $	
	AliHLTTPCTrackSegmentData.h	                 AliHLTTrackSegmentData.h,v 1.7 2005/03/31 04:48:59 cvetan Exp $	
	AliHLTTPCTransform.cxx	                         AliHLTTransform.cxx,v 1.53 2005/06/14 10:55:21 cvetan Exp $	
	AliHLTTPCTransform.h		                 AliHLTTransform.h,v 1.37 2005/06/14 10:55:21 cvetan Exp $	
	AliHLTTPCVertexArray.cxx	                 AliHLTVertexArray.cxx,v 1.7 2005/06/14 10:55:21 cvetan Exp $	
	AliHLTTPCVertexArray.h		                 AliHLTVertexArray.h,v 1.4 2004/06/11 16:06:33 loizides Exp $	
	AliHLTTPCVertex.cxx		                 AliHLTVertex.cxx,v 1.5 2004/07/02 11:41:18 loizides Exp $	
	AliHLTTPCVertexData.h	                         AliHLTVertexData.h,v 1.2 2003/07/27 21:02:09 loizides Exp $	
	AliHLTTPCVertexFinder.cxx	                 AliHLTVertexFinder.cxx,v 1.9 2005/06/14 10:55:21 cvetan Exp $	
	AliHLTTPCVertexFinder.h	                         AliHLTVertexFinder.h,v 1.7 2004/06/18 10:55:26 loizides Exp $	
	AliHLTTPCVertex.h		                 AliHLTVertex.h,v 1.4 2004/07/02 11:41:18 loizides Exp $
	AliHLTTPCDataCompressorHelper.cxx	         From comp: AliHLTDataCompressorHelper.cxx,v 1.5 2004/06/15 10:26:57 hristov Exp $
	AliHLTTPCDataCompressorHelper.h                  From comp: AliHLTDataCompressorHelper.h,v 1.4 2004/06/15 10:26:57 hristov Exp $
	AliHLTTPCModels.h			     	 From comp: AliHLTModels.h,v 1.11 2004/05/17 16:37:19 hristov Exp $
	AliHLTTPCModelTrack.h				 From comp: AliHLTModelTrack.h,v 1.13 2004/06/15 10:26:57 hristov Exp $
	AliHLTTPCModelTrack.cxx		                 From comp: AliHLTModelTrack.cxx,v 1.18 2005/02/14 11:50:11 hristov Exp $
	AliHLTTPCRawDataFormat.h	                 from online Pub/Sub framework
	AliHLTTPCClusterDataFormat.h	                 from online Pub/Sub framework	
	AliHLTTPCTrackletDataFormat.h	                 from online Pub/Sub framework	
	AliHLTTPCDefinitions.cxx		         from online Pub/Sub framework	
	AliHLTTPCDefinitions.h		                 from online Pub/Sub framework
Commit	Line	Data
12fb4433	1	2007-11-24 tagged AliRoot v4-08-Release
	2	- libAliHLTTrigger added: selective ALTRO readout trigger
	3	- libAliHLTComp added: Huffman compression of ALTRO data
	4	- HOMER library manager added: dynamic creation of readers and
	5	writers
	6	- Framework:
	7	- generalized data types for raw data
	8	- block forwarding
	9	- integration into AliSimulation
	10	- HLTOUT framework
	11	- component registration via agents
	12	- TPC:
	13	- zero suppression enhanced in Pad/PadArray classes
	14	- AltroChannelSelector component
	15	-
	16	- MUON
	17	- calibration components
	18	- improved track matching and trigger record
	19	- TRD
	20	- calibration, clusterizer and tracker components
	21	- PHOS
	22	- full set of analysis components for PHOS Oct 2007 beamtime
	23	- analysis macros for recorded HLT data
	24	- MIP trigger
	25	- Util
	26	- BlockFilter component
	27	- improvements in FileWriter
	28
f3506ea2	29	2007-10-16
	30	- implemented component registration via agents
	31	- added HLTOUT component as default data sink for simulation
	32	- added AliHLTAgentSim for libHLTsim.so
	33	- AliHLTComponentHandler: more robust library handling
	34
c018a1bd	35	2007-08-17 version HLT-v0-7 tagged
	36	- corresponds to AliRoot v4-06-Rev-00
	37	- calibration framework
	38	- TPC calibration components
	39	- see below for further changes
	40
9d9ffd37	41	2007-07-27 Calibration Processor and TPC calibration components (Jochen)
	42	- calibration processor base class added
	43	- TPC pulser and pedestal calibration components adapted
	44
559631d5	45	2007-07-18 HLT base
	46	- analysis framework handles SOR and EOR events, GetRunNo/Type
	47	added to AliHLTComponent
	48
79c114b5	49	2007-07-17 HLT base
	50	- extended high-level component interface in order to allow header
	51	buffer before TObjects
	52	- ROOT memory file added
	53	- ROOT file streamer added
	54	- workaround for ROOT garbage collection causing crashes when
	55	cleaning up input objects
	56
79d1ba52	57	2007-05-09 version HLT-v0-6 tagged
	58	Highlights
	59	BASE libHLTbase version 3.1.0
	60	- High level component interface implemeted
	61	- framework for AliRoot reconstruction added
	62	- HLT logging converted to AliLog, AliLog trap added in order to
	63	be able to redirect messages written to AliLog
	64	- module agents for HLT libraries imlemented
	65	- all utility components now moved from HLTbase to AliHLTUtil
	66	TPC libAliHLTTPC version 3.1.1
	67	- DigitReaderPacked revived
	68	- merger added to slice tracker
	69	- improvements on the ESD conversion
	70	TRD
	71	- first version of components using offline reconstruction added
	72	PHOS
	73	-
a742f6f8	74	2007-04-27 HLT base
	75	- memory leaks corrected
	76	- AliLog support moved to libAliHLTUtil in order to keep
	77	- libHLTbase free of AliRoot dependencies
79d1ba52	78	- dynamic loading of AliLog support
a742f6f8	79	- AliHLTFileWriter moved to libAliHLTUtil
a7222a6d	80	- workaround for ROOT bug: in order to avoid crashes when unloading
	81	dynamic libraries via gSystem, the libraries are not unloaded
	82	further investigation necessary
90ebac25	83	2007-04-17 HLT sample applications
	84	- publisher for AliLoader trees added
	85	- sample analysis chain added tp sample lib
	86	- tutorial and documentation
	87	- benchmark functionality added to AliHLTSystem
242bb794	88	2007-03-14 aliroot integration
	89	- AliHLTSystem interface methods to AliHLTReconstructor implemeted
	90	- AliHLTModuleAgent introduced for each HLT module, sample
	91	agent added to libAliHLTSample
	92	- AliHLTOfflineInterface base classes added
	93	- AliHLTFilePublisher, AliHLTRootFileWriter/Publisher moved to
	94	libAliHLTUtil (AliHLTFileWriter will follow when dep. to PHOS are
	95	cleared)
fc455fba	96	2007-03-09 logging system
	97	- adapted to AliRoot logging system, messages printed out via AliRoot
	98	message channel
	99	- AliRoot logging methods can be used in the same way as in AliRoot
	100	- HLT TPC logging methods fixed to be redirected to the common logging
	101	channel
	102	- handling of configurations corrected in order to cope with the
	103	Root CINT garbage collection.
	104	- TPCLib stand-alone build system changed in order to use AliRoot package
	105	definition
	106	2007-03-01 changes by Gaute (TPC)
ecefc48a	107	- added InterMerger to SliceTrackerComponent, can be switched off by
	108	component argument 'disable-merger'
	109	- new data type 'TRACKS' defined for TPC describing tracks in global
	110	coordinates
	111	- GlobalMergerComponent has TRACKS/TPC as output data type
	112	- new component argument to ClusterFinderComponent: timebins <n> specifies
	113	the number of timebins to overcome the discrepancy between simulated
	114	and real data
02ee955e	115	- TPCEsdWriter adapted to new TRACKS/TPC data type
a655eae3	116	2007-02-21
	117	- high-level component interface added
	118	- libHLTbase version 2:0:0
	119
aec1b04c	120	2007-02-20 version HLT-v0-5 tagged
	121
	122	2007-02-20
	123	- Cellular Automaton tracker added to TPC Lib
ecefc48a	124	- TPC OnlineDisplay updated to the latest version of the CERN HLT cluster
aec1b04c	125	libAliHLTTPCDisplay version for the AliHLTGUI v 1.5.2
aec1b04c	126	- TPC ESD writer component finalized
3cde846d	127	2007-02-05
3cde846d	128	- improvements in AliHLTFilePublisher/Writer
aec1b04c	129	- minor fix in component handler to pipe log messages during registration
3cde846d	130	of standard components into right log channel
	131	- the ProcessEvent method is now a method of the component base class,
	132	the actual processing method to implement is DoProcessing
	133	- new standard component AliHLTRootFileWriterComponent added
	134	- TPCLib: AliHLTTPCEsdWriterComponent added, conversion of AliHLTTPCTrack
	135	to AliTPCtrack implemented (not finished)
	136	- small fixes in stand-alone build system (libAliHLTPHOS.pkg, *LinkDef.h)
	137
9ce4bf4a	138	2007-01-19
	139	- AliHLTFileWriter added, handling of standard components in libHLT
	140	added to ComponentHandler
	141	- several fixes in the HLT offline framework
2d7ff710	142	2007-01-05
2d7ff710	143	- changes according to coding conventions and documentation
3cde846d	144	- AliHLTTPCDigitReaderRaw: HAVE_TPC_MAPPING dependent implementation
3cde846d	145	fixed in order to make class definition independent
2d7ff710	146	- helper functions for data structure handling added
	147	- libHLTbase.pkg and libAliHLTSample.pkg included to the stand-alone
	148	build system
	149	- AliHLTFilePublisher added
	150	- target to create the stand-alone sample library package added
8ede8717	151	2006-12-28 changes according to coding conventions
	152	- special characters in function names have been removed in the
	153	internal usage, the C interface still uses them in order to preserve
	154	backward compatibility
f3f599e0	155	2006-12-18 commit from Jochen
	156	- TPCDisplay library version 2
	157	- library version for the AliHLTGUI v 1.5
	158	- argument scan of the AliHLTTPCDigitReaderRaw cleaned up
95d48915	159	2006-12-12
	160	- use_newio switch removed, always on
	161	- AliHLTTPC and AliHLTTPCClustFinderNew removed from compilation of
	162	libAliHLTTPC.so
6c1a9d9e	163	2006-12-03
	164	- integration of libHLTbase into AliRoot prepared
	165	- SampleLib as stand-alone package
	166	- library development tutorial
53feaef5	167	2006-11-30 intermediate version
53feaef5	168	- setup scripts for running environment added
6c1a9d9e	169	- bugfix in configure which caused the check for PubSub components
6c1a9d9e	170	to fail on some architectures
53feaef5	171	- ComponentHandler takes ROOT dynamic library loader as fallback if
	172	dlopen is not available
	173	- minor changes to avoid effC++ and other warnings
	174	- work on the Task chain processing
5235c3e9	175	2006-11-08
	176	- configure adapted to the new directory structure of the HOMER module in
	177	PubSub
	178	- TPCLib
	179	- AliHLTTPCPad: occupancy calculation added
	180	- AliHLTTPCClusterFinder bugfix in order to avoid empty cluster data structure and
	181	component dead lock
	182	- AliHLTTPCClusterFinder adapted to use occupancy level for suppression of
	183	noisy pads
8ede8717	184	- AliHLTTPCClusterFinderComponent: new parameter 'occupancy-limit' which is effective
5235c3e9	185	when pp-run option is set
	186	- AliHLTTPCDigitReaderRaw
	187	2 more rawreader modes ( 4, 5) are added by Timm.
	188	In Simulated data the RCU trailer word seems to have 2 32 bit words ( but its not
	189	defined like this)
	190	-> mode 4: 2 32 bit words, sorted
	191	-> mode 5: 2 32 bit words, unsorted
	192	- AliHLTTPCSliceTrackerComponent bugfix variable initialisation (by Timm?)
	193	- AliHLTTPCTransform changed N TimeBins to 1024 according to raw TPC data
	194	added automatic calculation of timebin width out of N TimeBins
	195	- OnlineDisplay: intermediate version
	196	- eventID added
	197	- range, all, and one TimeBin selectable
	198	- Front view shows maximum, average, and sum of selected timebins
	199	- zerosupression of raw data added to PadRow, Pad, Front, 3D
c160eda8	200	2006-10-12 added the PHOS library to the package
20b6dd9a	201	2006-10-05 extensions in AliHLTTPCDisplay
	202	- handling of new include directory structure of the HOMER header files
	203	- default geometry file introduced
	204	- library compile time and property functions added
	205	- geometry file alice.geom added to distribution; to be installed in
	206	<prefix>/share/alice-hlt
78b557c2	207	2006-09-07 HLT-v0-4
84645eb0	208	- TPC digit reader classes fetch row range from AliHLTTPCTransform
78b557c2	209	- code from TPC commissioning version merged
	210	- DigitReaderRaw added with different read modes (sorted/unsorted;
	211	several data specifications to adapt to the real data)
	212	- DigitReaderPacked capable of sorting incoming data
	213	- straight line fit implemented in Conformal Mapping Fit
	214	- TPCDisplay library added
591f67a7	215	- the library needs the HOMER package, which is part of the PubSub
	216	Framework, currently there is a circular dependency which will
	217	be removed or handled better
84645eb0	218	- bugfix HLTComponentHandler::CreateComponent: result handling after DoInit
84645eb0	219	- bugfix ClusterFinder: index check for arrays of fixed size
78b557c2	220	- base line calculation and zero suppression implemented into
84645eb0	221	Cluster Finder: new argument 'adc-threshold' for ClusterFinderComponent
591f67a7	222	- Makefiles of the old build scheme have been removed
2ba6298d	223	2006-08-23 version HLT-v0-3
74c73e5a	224	- check for AliRoot features/libs/files and corresponding conditional
	225	build
	226	- made package capable of handling the splitted RawData (changed in
	227	AliRoot version v4-04-Rev-07
	228	- libHLTBase linked to ROOT libraries, TPCLib linked to ROOT and AliRoot
	229	libraries -> avoid addlibrary options for wrapper subscriber
85869391	230	- made package indepentend of src
	231	added BASE/AliHLTStdIncludes.h which should take the job of
	232	including std headers
	233	- removed eff C++ warnings in BASE
	234	- TPCref library off by default
85869391	235	- TPCLib version interface no 2
85869391	236	- started to sort header includes in TPCLib
2ba6298d	237	- added version announcement to base library
85869391	238
738c049f	239	2006-08-17 Jochen's TPCLib source code from Jan 2006 (not a joke) merged
	240	- bugfix in AliHLTTPCConfMapper (caused low tracking efficiency)
	241	- Online Display development
	242	- Note: the AliHLTTPCDisplay Interface has been changed -> AliHLTGUI
	243	has to be re-linked
	244	- no changes in BASE
c2f37813	245
	246	2005-09-07 Files imported from src comp and kalman into new TPCLib
	247	a short history of files ...
4aa41877	248	AliHLTTPCBenchmark.cxx AliHLTBenchmark.cxx,v 1.10 2005/06/14 10:55:21 cvetan Exp
	249	AliHLTTPCBenchmark.h AliHLTBenchmark.h,v 1.6 2004/06/26 11:39:40 loizides
	250	AliHLTTPCClusterFinder.cxx original AliHLTClustFinderNew.cxx
	251	AliHLTTPCClusterFinder.h original AliHLTClustFinderNew.h
	252	AliHLTTPCClustFinderNew.cxx AliHLTClustFinderNew.cxx,v 1.29 2005/06/14 10:55:21 cvetan Exp
	253	AliHLTTPCClustFinderNew.h AliHLTClustFinderNew.h,v 1.13 2004/06/18 10:55:26 loizides Exp
	254	AliHLTTPCConfMapFit.cxx AliHLTConfMapFit.cxx,v 1.14 2005/06/14 10:55:21 cvetan Exp
	255	AliHLTTPCConfMapFit.h AliHLTConfMapFit.h,v 1.5 2004/07/05 09:03:11 loizides Exp
	256	AliHLTTPCConfMapper.cxx AliHLTConfMapper.cxx,v 1.26 2005/06/14 10:55:21 cvetan Exp $
	257	AliHLTTPCConfMapper.h AliHLTConfMapper.h,v 1.11 2004/07/05 09:03:11 loizides Exp $
	258	AliHLTTPCConfMapPoint.cxx AliHLTConfMapPoint.cxx,v 1.10 2005/06/23 17:46:55 hristov Exp $
	259	AliHLTTPCConfMapPoint.h AliHLTConfMapPoint.h,v 1.8 2005/06/23 17:46:55 hristov Exp $
	260	AliHLTTPCConfMapTrack.cxx AliHLTConfMapTrack.cxx,v 1.16 2005/06/14 10:55:21 cvetan Exp $
	261	AliHLTTPCConfMapTrack.h AliHLTConfMapTrack.h,v 1.4 2004/06/16 11:25:06 loizides Exp $
c2f37813	262	AliHLTTPC.cxx AliLevel3.cxx,v 1.42 2004/06/11 16:06:33 loizides Exp $
c2f37813	263	Mod: Digits-thing
4aa41877	264	AliHLTTPCDigitData.h AliHLTDigitData.h,v 1.5 2004/05/12 11:51:27 loizides Exp $
4aa41877	265	AliHLTTPCDisplay.cxx AliHLTDisplay.cxx,v 1.26 2005/06/14 10:55:21 cvetan Exp $
c2f37813	266	Mod.
4aa41877	267	AliHLTTPCDisplay.h AliHLTDisplay.h,v 1.14 2004/06/30 08:30:14 loizides Exp $
c2f37813	268	Mod.
4aa41877	269	AliHLTTPCFileHandler.cxx AliHLTFileHandler.cxx,v 1.49 2005/06/23 17:46:55 hristov Exp $
	270	AliHLTTPCFileHandler.h AliHLTFileHandler.h,v 1.19 2004/06/11 16:06:33 loizides Exp $
	271	AliHLTTPCFitter.cxx AliHLTFitter.cxx,v 1.14 2005/06/14 10:55:21 cvetan Exp $
	272	AliHLTTPCFitter.h AliHLTFitter.h,v 1.7 2004/07/05 09:02:18 loizides Exp $
	273	AliHLTTPCGlobalMerger.cxx AliHLTGlobalMerger.cxx,v 1.13 2005/06/14 10:55:21 cvetan Exp $
	274	AliHLTTPCGlobalMerger.h AliHLTGlobalMerger.h,v 1.6 2004/02/02 15:00:34 loizides Exp $
c2f37813	275	AliHLTTPC.h AliLevel3.h,v 1.24 2004/06/11 16:06:33 loizides
c2f37813	276	Added AliHLTDigitReaderUnpacked
4aa41877	277	AliHLTTPCInterMerger.cxx AliHLTInterMerger.cxx,v 1.8 2005/06/14 10:55:21 cvetan Exp $
	278	AliHLTTPCInterMerger.h AliHLTInterMerger.h,v 1.4 2004/02/02 15:00:34 loizides Exp $
	279	AliHLTTPCLog.cxx AliHLTLog.cxx,v 1.1 2004/05/14 09:37:22 loizides Exp $
	280	AliHLTTPCLogging.h AliHLTLogging.h,v 1.11 2004/10/09 11:28:31 loizides Exp $
	281	AliHLTTPCLog.h AliHLTLog.h,v 1.2 2004/06/11 16:06:33 loizides Exp $
	282	AliHLTTPCMemHandler.cxx AliHLTMemHandler.cxx,v 1.52 2005/06/14 10:55:21 cvetan Exp $
	283	AliHLTTPCMemHandler.h AliHLTMemHandler.h,v 1.30 2004/10/06 08:51:20 cvetan Exp $
	284	AliHLTTPCMerger.cxx AliHLTMerger.cxx,v 1.16 2005/06/14 10:55:21 cvetan Exp $
	285	AliHLTTPCMerger.h AliHLTMerger.h,v 1.8 2004/06/11 16:06:33 loizides Exp $
	286	AliHLTTPCRootTypes.h AliHLTRootTypes.h,v 1.12 2004/06/15 14:02:38 loizides Exp $
	287	AliHLTTPCSpacePointData.h AliHLTSpacePointData.h,v1.4 2003/07/27 21:02:09 loizides Exp $
c2f37813	288	Added: Bool_t fUsed;
4aa41877	289	AliHLTTPCStandardIncludes.h AliHLTStandardIncludes.h,v 1.5 2005/06/14 10:55:21 cvetan Exp $
	290	AliHLTTPCTrackArray.cxx AliHLTTrackArray.cxx,v 1.21 2005/06/14 10:55:21 cvetan Exp $
	291	AliHLTTPCTrackArray.h AliHLTTrackArray.h,v 1.7 2004/06/11 16:06:33 loizides Exp $
	292	AliHLTTPCTrack.cxx AliHLTTrack.cxx,v 1.322005/06/14 10:55:21 cvetan Exp $
	293	AliHLTTPCTrack.h AliHLTTrack.h,v 1.18 2005/03/31 04:48:58 cvetan Exp $
	294	AliHLTTPCTrackMerger.cxx AliHLTTrackMerger.cxx,v 1.12 2005/06/14 10:55:21 cvetan Exp $
	295	AliHLTTPCTrackMerger.h AliHLTTrackMerger.h,v 1.6 2005/04/19 04:29:01 cvetan Exp $
	296	AliHLTTPCTrackSegmentData.h AliHLTTrackSegmentData.h,v 1.7 2005/03/31 04:48:59 cvetan Exp $
	297	AliHLTTPCTransform.cxx AliHLTTransform.cxx,v 1.53 2005/06/14 10:55:21 cvetan Exp $
	298	AliHLTTPCTransform.h AliHLTTransform.h,v 1.37 2005/06/14 10:55:21 cvetan Exp $
	299	AliHLTTPCVertexArray.cxx AliHLTVertexArray.cxx,v 1.7 2005/06/14 10:55:21 cvetan Exp $
	300	AliHLTTPCVertexArray.h AliHLTVertexArray.h,v 1.4 2004/06/11 16:06:33 loizides Exp $
	301	AliHLTTPCVertex.cxx AliHLTVertex.cxx,v 1.5 2004/07/02 11:41:18 loizides Exp $
	302	AliHLTTPCVertexData.h AliHLTVertexData.h,v 1.2 2003/07/27 21:02:09 loizides Exp $
	303	AliHLTTPCVertexFinder.cxx AliHLTVertexFinder.cxx,v 1.9 2005/06/14 10:55:21 cvetan Exp $
	304	AliHLTTPCVertexFinder.h AliHLTVertexFinder.h,v 1.7 2004/06/18 10:55:26 loizides Exp $
	305	AliHLTTPCVertex.h AliHLTVertex.h,v 1.4 2004/07/02 11:41:18 loizides Exp $
	306	AliHLTTPCDataCompressorHelper.cxx From comp: AliHLTDataCompressorHelper.cxx,v 1.5 2004/06/15 10:26:57 hristov Exp $
	307	AliHLTTPCDataCompressorHelper.h From comp: AliHLTDataCompressorHelper.h,v 1.4 2004/06/15 10:26:57 hristov Exp $
	308	AliHLTTPCModels.h From comp: AliHLTModels.h,v 1.11 2004/05/17 16:37:19 hristov Exp $
	309	AliHLTTPCModelTrack.h From comp: AliHLTModelTrack.h,v 1.13 2004/06/15 10:26:57 hristov Exp $
	310	AliHLTTPCModelTrack.cxx From comp: AliHLTModelTrack.cxx,v 1.18 2005/02/14 11:50:11 hristov Exp $
c2f37813	311	AliHLTTPCRawDataFormat.h from online Pub/Sub framework
	312	AliHLTTPCClusterDataFormat.h from online Pub/Sub framework
	313	AliHLTTPCTrackletDataFormat.h from online Pub/Sub framework
	314	AliHLTTPCDefinitions.cxx from online Pub/Sub framework
	315	AliHLTTPCDefinitions.h from online Pub/Sub framework