External Data sync

[ianna]

• Bring in all xml data files in a release.
• Geometry external data can be deleted from now on.

[ianna]

@smuzaffar - Please, remove Geometry external data after integrating this PR. Thanks. Yana

[cmsbuild]

A new Pull Request was created by @ianna (Ianna Osborne) for CMSSW_7_3_X.

External Data sync

It involves the following packages:

Geometry/EcalCommonData

@civanch, @Dr15Jones, @ianna, @mdhildreth, @cmsbuild, @nclopezo, @ktf can you please review it and eventually sign? Thanks.
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[ianna]

+1

[cmsbuild]

This pull request is fully signed and it will be integrated in one of the next CMSSW_7_3_X IBs unless changes or unless it breaks tests. @nclopezo, @ktf can you please take care of it?

[cmsbuild]

+1
Tested at: 9213137
https://cmssdt.cern.ch/SDT/jenkins-artifacts/pull-request-integration/PR-5432/28/summary.html

[cmsbuild]

This pull request is fully signed and it will be integrated in one of the next CMSSW_7_3_X IBs unless changes (tests are also fine). @nclopezo, @ktf can you please take care of it?

[cmsbuild]

Comparison is ready
https://cmssdt.cern.ch/SDT/jenkins-artifacts/pull-request-integration/PR-5432/28/summary.html

[cmsbuild]

This pull request is fully signed and it will be integrated in one of the next CMSSW_7_3_X IBs unless changes (tests are also fine). @nclopezo, @ktf can you please take care of it?

[smuzaffar]

cms-sw/cmsdist#1045 drops all the data-Geometry- external dependencies