Evtgeni 300815 71x

[alberto-sanchez]

backport of #11030

[cmsbuild]

A new Pull Request was created by @alberto-sanchez (Alberto Sanchez Hernandez) for CMSSW_7_1_X.

Evtgeni 300815 71x

It involves the following packages:

GeneratorInterface/EvtGenInterface

@vciulli, @covarell, @thuer, @cmsbuild, @bendavid, @govoni can you please review it and eventually sign? Thanks.
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[covarell]

+1

[cmsbuild]

This pull request is fully signed and it will be integrated in one of the next CMSSW_7_1_X IBs once checked with relvals in the development release cycle of CMSSW or unless it breaks tests. This pull request requires discussion in the ORP meeting before it's merged. @davidlange6, @Degano, @smuzaffar