reFix-harvesting-input 71x

[franzoni]

• undo what was done in pull 2169: fundamental fix provided in PR 2180 and keep flexibility that HARVEST step may not be step4
• this PR needs to be taken in 71x together with the PR already submitted for 70x number 2180

[cmsbuild]

A new Pull Request was created by @franzoni for CMSSW_7_1_X.

reFix-harvesting-input 71x

It involves the following packages:

Configuration/PyReleaseValidation

@nclopezo, @vlimant, @cerminar, @cmsbuild, @franzoni, @Degano, @fabiocos can you please review it and eventually sign? Thanks.
@ghellwig this is something you requested to watch as well.
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[franzoni]

+1
workflows 1341,1310 tested ok within CMSSW_7_1_X_2014-01-29-1400 (already including PR 2169)

[cmsbuild]

This pull request is fully signed and it will be integrated in one of the next CMSSW_7_1_X IBs unless changes or unless it breaks tests. @ktf can you please take care of it?

[cmsbuild]

+1
https://cmssdt.cern.ch/SDT/jenkins-artifacts/pull-request-integration/PR-2200/45/summary.html

[cmsbuild]

This pull request is fully signed and it will be integrated in one of the next CMSSW_7_1_X IBs unless changes (tests are also fine). @ktf can you please take care of it?