ROOT Version 5.28/00 Release Notes
ROOT version 5.28/00 will be released on June 30 2010.
In case you are upgrading from an old version, please read the releases notes
of version 5.16, 5.18, 5.20, 5.22, 5.24 and version 5.26 in addition to these notes.
- Bindings - packages related to the interplay with other programming languages (Python, Ruby)
- Cint - the C++ interpreter
- Core - the basic ROOT functionality
- Geometry - building, representing and drawing geometrical objects
- 2D Graphics - ROOT's two dimensional graphics interface
- 3D Graphics - ROOT's three dimensional graphics interface
- Graphical User Interface - from basic GUI elements to ROOT's own, complete dialogs
- Histograming - counting values, spectra, and drawing them
- HTML - the documentation generator
- Input/Ouput - storing and reading data
- Mathemathics - everything one can use to calculate: minimizers, matrixes, FFT, and much more
- Miscellaneous - things that didn't make it into the other groups: table
- Monte Carlo - monte carlo and physics simulation interfaces
- Networking - network-related parts, e.g. protocols and authentication interfaces
- PROOF - parallel ROOT facility
- RooFit - a fitting library
- RooStats - a collection of statistical tools
- SQL - database interfaces
- TMVA - multivariate analysis tools
- Trees - ROOT's unique container class and related utilities
- Tutorials - ROOT's Tutorials
Binaries for all supported platforms are available at:
http://root.cern.ch/drupal/content/production-version-526
For more information, see:
http://root.cern.ch
The following people have contributed to this new version:
Bertrand Bellenot, CERN/SFT,
Rene Brun, CERN/SFT,
Philippe Canal, FNAL,
Olivier Couet, CERN/SFT,
Valeri Fine, BNL/STAR,
Fabrizio Furano, CERN/IT,
Gerri Ganis, CERN/SFT,
Andrei Gheata, CERN/Alice,
Andreas Hoecker, CERN/Atlas, TMVA
Wim Lavrijsen, LBNL, PyRoot
Sergei Linev, GSI,
Anar Manafov, GSI,
Lorenzo Moneta, CERN/SFT,
Axel Naumann, CERN/SFT,
Eddy Offermann, Renaissance,
Fons Rademakers, CERN/SFT,
Paul Russo, FNAL,
Gregory Schott, Karlsruhe/CMS, RooStats,
Joerg Stelzer, DESY/Atlas, TMVA
Alja Tadel, CERN/CMS, Eve
Matevz Tadel, CERN/Alice, Eve
Wouter Verkerke, NIKHEF/Atlas, RooFit