Root 5 vs. Root 6

In the “v5-34-00-patches” branch:

  1. NO “new features” (“NO” to whatsoever), only “bug fixes”, please
  2. “mandatory” porting to new compilers / OS versions, please

What concerns any discussions during the workshop … how many different kinds of users will be there? I assume there will mainly be people representing big (CERN) experiments and I’m sure they can afford hiring enough manpower to switch to the newest ROOT version.
How about creating a “poll” somewhere here (the main root home page or the forum) so that any user could vote?

Some “considerations”: