2019-10-17 Brunel v52r8

This version uses Rec v21r8, Lbcom v20r8, LHCb v42r11, Gaudi v28r2p1 and LCG_88 with ROOT 6.08.06

This version is a production release for Reco17 simulation

This version is released on 2017-patches branch.

Built relative to Brunel v52r7, with the following changes:

New features

• Add Gitlab-CI job to check copyright, !698 (@cattanem)

• Add copyright, !697 (@cattanem)

• Add OT t0 time to protoparticle extrainfo, LHCb!1731, Rec!1401, !646 (@jadevrie)

Bug fixes

• Fix GenFSR bug for spillover samples, LHCb!2123 (@dfazzini)

• Fix issue with LHCbApp().OutputLevel, LHCb!1908, !775 (@cattanem)
  EventLoopMgr was wrongly configured when LHCbApp().OutputLevel is set.

• Properly suppress errors from Brunel during cache generation, !768 (@cattanem)
  Cherry-picked from lhcb/Brunel!765

• Fix 2008-TED-Data options, !554 (@cattanem)
  Backport of !545 from master

Code modernisations and cleanups

• Remove empty L0LinksSeq, !738 (@cattanem)
  cherry-picked from lhcb/Brunel!733

• Remove obsolete exclusions from BrunelExclusions.py, !708 (@cattanem)
  Cherry-picked from !707

• Remove obsolete CVS keywords, !687 (@cattanem)

• Remove packages list from BrunelSys/CMakeLists.txt, !568 (@cattanem)

• Remove unnecessary Hlt and L0 decoding sequences, !482, !483 (@cattanem)

Changes to tests

• Remove vectorfit test, not supported on this branch, !874 (@cattanem)

• Remove obsolete trigger related exclusions, !650 (@cattanem)
  Cherry-picked from lhcb/Brunel!645 on run2-patches

• Remove upgrade tests, no longer relevant on this branch, !647 (@cattanem)

• Remove 2016magup-oldrich and 2016magup-vectorfit tests which are obsolete on this branch, !654 (@cattanem)

• Add symlink for reference of repro2012magdown test, c.f. !633, !640 (@cattanem)

• Add test running over 2017 passthrough data, !481 (@rmatev)

• Add 2017 database compatibility tests, !453 (@cattanem)
  and remove InitialTime from 2016 database compatibility tests