Back-port of several fixes and improvements for the conddb tools

[ggovi]

Contains several fixes for the conddb command line tools, namely:

• support of plugin libraries for the payload XML dump
• fixes for the copy tool
• access to prep database

[cmsbuild]

A new Pull Request was created by @ggovi for CMSSW_7_5_X.

Back-port of several fixes and improvements for the conddb tools

It involves the following packages:

CondCore/BeamSpotPlugins
CondCore/SiStripPlugins
CondCore/Utilities

@ggovi, @cmsbuild can you please review it and eventually sign? Thanks.
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[ggovi]

+1

[ggovi]

@cmsbuild please test

[cmsbuild]

The tests are being triggered in jenkins.

[cmsbuild]

This pull request is fully signed and it will be integrated in one of the next CMSSW_7_5_X IBs after it passes the integration tests and once validation in the development release cycle CMSSW_7_6_X is complete. This pull request requires discussion in the ORP meeting before it's merged. @davidlange6, @Degano, @smuzaffar

[cmsbuild]

+1
Tested at: 87e0b19
https://cmssdt.cern.ch/SDT/jenkins-artifacts/pull-request-integration/PR-11594/8618/summary.html

[cmsbuild]

This pull request is fully signed and it will be integrated in one of the next CMSSW_7_5_X IBs (tests are also fine) and once validation in the development release cycle CMSSW_7_6_X is complete. This pull request requires discussion in the ORP meeting before it's merged. @davidlange6, @Degano, @smuzaffar

[cmsbuild]

Comparison is ready
https://cmssdt.cern.ch/SDT/jenkins-artifacts/pull-request-integration/PR-11594/8618/summary.html

[cmsbuild]

This pull request is fully signed and it will be integrated in one of the next CMSSW_7_5_X IBs (tests are also fine) and once validation in the development release cycle CMSSW_7_6_X is complete. This pull request requires discussion in the ORP meeting before it's merged. @davidlange6, @Degano, @smuzaffar

[davidlange6]

+1