drop type specs in RecoTracker/{SingleTrackPattern, SpecialSeedGenerators, TkSeedGenerator}

[jeongeun]

PR description: Update the safer syntax for existing parameter

Instead of modifying parameters with full type specs, which can be interpreted as an insertion of a new parameter, it is a safer way to protect from parameter name mistakes and will also help in possible parameter migrations.
(The references were PR#29979, PR#30147, PR#30270 , PR#30271, PR#30353, PR#30556,PR#30671)

In this PR, 11 files updated.

• RecoTracker/{SingleTrackPattern} 1 file
• RecoTracker/{SpecialSeedGenerators} 4 files
• RecoTracker/{TkNavigation} 1 file
• RecoTracker/{TkSeedGenerator} 5 files

PR validation:

Event Content comparison check was also done and there is no change with these updates.
Tested in CMSSW_11_2_X, the basic test all passed in the CMSSW PR instructions.

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• This PR adds an extra 20KB to repository

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A new Pull Request was created by @jeongeun (JeongEun Lee) for master.

It involves the following packages:

RecoTracker/SingleTrackPattern
RecoTracker/SpecialSeedGenerators
RecoTracker/TkNavigation
RecoTracker/TkSeedGenerator

@perrotta, @jpata, @cmsbuild, @slava77 can you please review it and eventually sign? Thanks.
@makortel, @felicepantaleo, @GiacomoSguazzoni, @JanFSchulte, @rovere, @VinInn, @mschrode, @gpetruc, @ebrondol, @mtosi, @dgulhan this is something you requested to watch as well.
@silviodonato, @dpiparo you are the release manager for this.

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[makortel]

I'd suggest to keep the original PSet, because the point is to replace the whole PSet instead of modifying a single value.

[makortel]

I'd suggest to keep the original PSet, because the point is to replace the whole PSet instead of modifying a single value.

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• This PR adds an extra 20KB to repository

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Pull request #30700 was updated. @perrotta, @jpata, @cmsbuild, @slava77 can you please check and sign again.

[perrotta]

please test

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• CMSSW_11_2_X_2020-07-14-2300/slc7_amd64_gcc820: https://cmssdt.cern.ch/jenkins/job/ib-run-pr-tests/7975/console Started: 2020/07/15 19:18

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Tested at: 8f93acb
https://cmssdt.cern.ch/SDT/jenkins-artifacts/pull-request-integration/PR-a850b2/7975/summary.html
CMSSW: CMSSW_11_2_X_2020-07-14-2300
SCRAM_ARCH: slc7_amd64_gcc820

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Comparison is ready
https://cmssdt.cern.ch/SDT/jenkins-artifacts/pull-request-integration/PR-a850b2/7975/summary.html

@slava77 comparisons for the following workflows were not done due to missing matrix map:

• /data/cmsbld/jenkins/workspace/compare-root-files-short-matrix/data/PR-a850b2/28234.0_TTbar_14TeV+TTbar_14TeV_TuneCP5_2026D60_GenSimHLBeamSpotFull14+DigiFullTrigger_2026D60+RecoFullGlobal_2026D60+HARVESTFullGlobal_2026D60

Comparison Summary:

• No significant changes to the logs found
• Reco comparison results: 4 differences found in the comparisons
• DQMHistoTests: Total files compared: 35
• DQMHistoTests: Total histograms compared: 2612943
• DQMHistoTests: Total failures: 5
• DQMHistoTests: Total nulls: 1
• DQMHistoTests: Total successes: 2612889
• DQMHistoTests: Total skipped: 48
• DQMHistoTests: Total Missing objects: 0
• DQMHistoSizes: Histogram memory added: -0.004 KiB( 34 files compared)
• DQMHistoSizes: changed ( 10224.0 ): -0.004 KiB MessageLogger/Warnings
• Checked 146 log files, 17 edm output root files, 35 DQM output files

[perrotta]

+1

• Type specification in cloned /modified python configs dropped as planned
• Jenkins tests pass

[cmsbuild]

This pull request is fully signed and it will be integrated in one of the next master IBs (tests are also fine). This pull request will now be reviewed by the release team before it's merged. @silviodonato, @dpiparo (and backports should be raised in the release meeting by the corresponding L2)

[silviodonato]

+1