ROOT Version 5.33/01 Release Notes
ROOT version 5.32/00 has been released on November 29, 2011.
In case you are upgrading from an old version, please read the releases notes
of version 5.26, 5,28 and version 5.30 in addition to these notes.
The release of version 5.34 is scheduled for May 30, 2012.
- 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
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,
Kyle Cranmer, NYU, RooStats,
Gerri Ganis, CERN/SFT,
Andrei Gheata, CERN/Alice,
Wim Lavrijsen, LBNL, PyRoot,
Lorenzo Moneta, CERN/SFT,
Axel Naumann, CERN/SFT,
Fons Rademakers, CERN/SFT,
Paul Russo, FNAL,
Joerg Stelzer, DESY/Atlas, TMVA,
Alja Tadel, UCSD/CMS, Eve,
Matevz Tadel, UCSD/CMS, Eve,
Eckhard von Toerne, University Bonn, ATLAS, TMVA,
Wouter Verkerke, NIKHEF/Atlas, RooFit,