First version of the unified track selection and refitting sequence.

[ghellwig]

This tool provides an easy and unified configuration of tracker alignment and tracker alignment validation workflows.

[cmsbuild]

A new Pull Request was created by @ghellwig (Gregor Hellwig) for CMSSW_7_0_X.

First version of the unified track selection and refitting sequence.

It involves the following packages:

Alignment/OfflineValidation

@cmsbuild, @Degano, @diguida, @rcastello, @nclopezo can you please review it and eventually sign? Thanks.
@mmusich, @frmeier this is something you requested to watch as well.
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@nclopezo, @ktf you are the release manager for this.
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[ghellwig]

This is a backport of #3429 which is needed for ongoing alignment campaigns and for validation of code development using datasets which will be available only for this release cycle.

[frmeier]

This has been presented in the alignment meeting of Apr 17 (https://indico.cern.ch/event/305399/#2014-04-17) and the conveners asked for a PU. Benefit is a simplification of the configuration files with the advantage of consistency among alignment and validation tasks. We strongly support this PR.
Frank, for the alignment conveners.

[cmsbuild]

+1
https://cmssdt.cern.ch/SDT/jenkins-artifacts/pull-request-integration/PR-3430/135/summary.html

[cmsbuild]

Comparison is ready
https://cmssdt.cern.ch/SDT/jenkins-artifacts/pull-request-integration/PR-3430/135/summary.html

[diguida]

@frmeier @mmusich
#3429 is in 7.1.0.pre7: if you give me confirmation that the new sequence is validated there, I can sign and ask for back port.
Thanks

[diguida]

+1
@mmusich confirmed privately that the sequence is ok: validation plots are the same as the ones in the talk quoted above.

[cmsbuild]

This pull request is fully signed and it will be integrated in one of the next CMSSW_7_0_X IBs unless changes (tests are also fine). @nclopezo, @ktf can you please take care of it?