v38.0.0

38.0.0

🚀 Features

• Add a benchmark executable for Track EDM (#3834) by @paulgessinger
• Add optional context type getter (#3853) by @paulgessinger
• (geo) Add Gen3 hierarchy search to lowestTrackingVolume (#3818) by @paulgessinger
• Free parameter estimation from seed (#3832) by @andiwand
• Full_chain_test.py config with command-line options (#3811) by @timadye
• Track parameters lookup estimation examples (#3823) by @ssdetlab
• (util) Add overloaded helper (#3816) by @paulgessinger
• Add statistics to propagation (#3450) by @andiwand
• Update GNN plugin (#3876) by @benjaminhuth
• Use RootTracksummaryWriter without truth information (#3886) by @benjaminhuth
• Helpers to calculate residuals, chi2 and unbiased states (#3877) by @andiwand
• Allow copy of measurements in Examples (#3911) by @andiwand
• Add JSON detector element (#3851) by @benjaminhuth

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Drop removeNeutral from particle pre-selection in Examples (#3830) by @andiwand
• Track selector printouts to be in line with actual cuts (#3815) by @pbutti
• Remove false-positive warning in GCC14 (#3817) by @paulgessinger
• OneAPI 2025 Fixes, main branch (2024.11.11.) (#3846) by @krasznaa
• Make SeedingPerformanceWriter thread-safe (#3850) by @andiwand
• Silence compiler warning in tbb header about old-style casts. (#3824) by @goetzgaycken
• TryAllNavigationPolicy config exposed to python (#3822) by @paulgessinger
• RandomSeed with 32 bit in Examples (#3860) by @andiwand
• Potential Out of Bounds in Root file reading (#3870) by @dave7895
• Estimate entry size before sorting in ROOT readers (#3871) by @andiwand
• User localtime_r instead of localtime (#3872) by @paulgessinger
• Add check on expected measurements on surface before marking as hole (#3892) by @pbutti
• Boost progress include fails on next boost major release (#3896) by @AJPfleger
• Change MTJ test dynamic column names (#3914) by @paulgessinger

🚜 Refactor

• Remove CalculateResiduals.hpp (#3837) by @andiwand
• Fuse initial and final sim particles in Examples (#3804) by @andiwand
• Use mathematical constants from std::numbers (#3781) by @AJPfleger
• (gx2f) Pull out material counting (#3839) by @AJPfleger
• Expose IMaterialDecorator::decorate to python (#3819) by @paulgessinger
• 🚨 BREAKING: Remove free parameter estimation function (#3802) by @paulgessinger
• (gx2f) Make function to update parameter (#3840) by @AJPfleger
• (gx2f) Make material work for |eta| > 2 (#3726) by @AJPfleger
• 🚨 BREAKING: Use consteval on hashString (#3833) by @paulgessinger
• Remove Tesla conversion in estimateTrackParamsFromSeed (#3835) by @andiwand
• 🚨 BREAKING: Rewrote the ambiguity solver for clarity and added Optional Hits Selector (#3805) by @Ragansu
• 🚨 BREAKING: Remove bFieldMin from estimateTrackParamsFromSeed (#3863) by @andiwand
• Digitization cleanup in Examples (#3865) by @andiwand
• Reduce abort output in GX2F to DEBUG (#3888) by @paulgessinger
• 🚨 BREAKING: Deduplicate estimateTrackParamsFromSeed code (#3866) by @andiwand
• Avoid new/delete in a number of places. (#3828) by @paulgessinger
• 🚨 BREAKING: Explicit isPresent() in cylinder volume builder (#3796) by @AJPfleger
• 🚨 BREAKING: Single type/alias for intersection status (#3898) by @andiwand
• Remove custom scalar in classes (#3894) by @AJPfleger
• 🚨 BREAKING: Remove alias IntersectionStatus::missed (#3899) by @andiwand
• 🚨 BREAKING: Remove ActsScalar (#3873) by @AJPfleger
• Allow TrackState measurement setting without extra initialization (#3907) by @paulgessinger
• Convert to bound state also on empty sensitive surfaces. (#3855) by @goetzgaycken
• Cleanup some more detector code in Examples (#3908) by @andiwand
• Reworked HitSelector in Examples (#3836) by @andiwand
• Allow track selection without reference surface (#3791) by @benjaminhuth
• 🚨 BREAKING: Clean track EDM projector (#3605) by @andiwand
• Replace ParticleSmearing with TrackParameterSmearing in Examples (#3784) by @andiwand

📚 Documentation

• Adding cvarni to citation (#3867) by @CarloVarni
• (sphinx) Remove outdated warnings from ignore list (#3878) by @AJPfleger
• Remove http-relics for license (#3902) by @AJPfleger

🧪 Testing

• Enable commented checks in bounding box tests (#3829) by @AJPfleger

🛠️ Build

• LC_ALL=C for DD4hep in setup (#3844) by @paulgessinger
• Make Boost 1.85 a hard failure when building the Examples (#3843) by @paulgessinger
• Update FindFilesystem.cmake (#3905) by @paulgessinger

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• Add check for mathematical constants (no macros) (#3774) by @AJPfleger
• Remove M_PI relics (#3845) by @AJPfleger
• Remove redundant cmake flags (#3842) by @AJPfleger
• Remove obsolete requirements file for exatrkx tests (#3848) by @AJPfleger
• Update PR template (#3858) by @paulgessinger
• Move requirements file for fpe-masks (#3884) by @AJPfleger
• Bump Python requirements (#3875) by @AJPfleger
• Add action for all pip requirements updates (#3883) by @AJPfleger
• Add milestone workflow (#3887) by @paulgessinger
• Cleanup some Geant4 Examples code (#3895) by @andiwand
• Wrong directory formating in update-pip bot (#3903) by @AJPfleger
• 🚨 BREAKING: Clean some Material code (#3897) by @andiwand
• Replace some couts with logger (#3912) by @AJPfleger
• (physmon) Make configuration of all the fitters the same (#3916) by @AJPfleger