Description: ROOT - An Object Oriented Framework For Large Scale Data Analysis.
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# ROOT Version 5.30/00 Release Notes

ROOT version 5.28/00 has been released on December 15 2010. In case you are upgrading from an old version, please read the releases notes of version 5.16, 5.18, 5.20, 5.22, 5.24, 5,26 and version 5.28 in addition to these notes.

The release of version 5.30 is scheduled for June 27, 2011.

- Bindings - packages related to the interplay with other programming languages (Python, Ruby)
- Cint - the C++ interpreter
- Core - the basic ROOT functionality
- Geometry - building, representing and drawing geometrical objects
- 2D Graphics - ROOT's two dimensional graphics interface
- 3D Graphics - ROOT's three dimensional graphics interface
- Graphical User Interface - from basic GUI elements to ROOT's own, complete dialogs
- Histograming - counting values, spectra, and drawing them
- HTML - the documentation generator
- Input/Ouput - storing and reading data
- Mathemathics - everything one can use to calculate: minimizers, matrixes, FFT, and much more
- Miscellaneous - things that didn't make it into the other groups: table
- Monte Carlo - monte carlo and physics simulation interfaces
- Networking - network-related parts, e.g. protocols and authentication interfaces
- PROOF - parallel ROOT facility
- RooFit - a fitting library
- RooStats - a collection of statistical tools
- SQL - database interfaces
- TMVA - multivariate analysis tools
- Trees - ROOT's unique container class and related utilities
- Tutorials - ROOT's Tutorials

Binaries for all supported platforms are available at:

          http://root.cern.ch/drupal/content/production-version-528

For more information, see:

          http://root.cern.ch

The following people have contributed to this new version:
Bertrand Bellenot, CERN/SFT,
Dario Berzano, INFN and University of Torino, ALICE, Proof,
Rene Brun, CERN/SFT,
Philippe Canal, FNAL,
Olivier Couet, CERN/SFT,
Kyle Cranmer, NYU, RooStats,
Gerri Ganis, CERN/SFT,
Andrei Gheata, CERN/Alice,
Wim Lavrijsen, LBNL, PyRoot,
Sergei Linev, GSI,
Lorenzo Moneta, CERN/SFT,
Axel Naumann, CERN/SFT,
Eddy Offermann, Renaissance,
Bartolomeu Rabacal, CERN/ADL, Math,
Fons Rademakers, CERN/SFT,
Paul Russo, FNAL,
Joerg Stelzer, DESY/Atlas, TMVA,
Alja Tadel, UCSD/CMS, Eve,
Matevz Tadel, UCSD/CMS, Eve,
Eckhard von Toerne, University Bonn, ATLAS, TMVA,
Wouter Verkerke, NIKHEF/Atlas, RooFit,