v3.5.16 Update release end of 2024, including Deb packages

What's Changed

• Tools, McStas and McXtrace:

  • m[c,x]gui Reorder m[c,x]gui config dialogue for better visibility on "small screens"
    by @willend in #1775
  • m[c,x]plot-pyqtgraph Fix to support for all combinations of Qt5, Qt6, PySide6 #1768
    by @willend in #1798 and #1797
  • m[c,x]test avoid recompile-attempts for already failed instruments by
    @willend in #1792

• McStas, McXtrace packaging:

  • Fix debian package structure/versioning (#1783)
    by @willend in #1787
  • Ensure the MCCODE_MAJOR/MINOR/PATCH vars always have a meaning
    by @willend in #1789

• McStas and McXtrace components and instruments

  • PowderN: fix warning message repeated for ever by
    @farhi in #1777
  • McXtrace fixes to 3 instrument models (expected values) and one component (compile error) -> "all green" status
    by @willend in #1793
  • Fix issue 1794 monitor_nd to ensure atomic list-mode on GPU
    by @willend in #1796

• McStas, increased support for mcstas-antlr code generator:

  • Let mcstas-antlr produce output for 1-2 SNS instruments by
    @willend in #1776
  • Use DECLARE/INIT vars to set up Mono/Ana in templateTAS
    @willend in #1778
  • Print warning when overwriting COPY EXTEND %{%} block from instance by
    @willend in #1786
  • Minor fix for ILL_H22_VIVALDI.instr
    by @willend in #1788
  • ANTLR-support: Replace nasty type var[] in fact headers by
    @willend in #1790
  • Various minor comp instr fixes
    by @willend in #1795

• Important note wrt. Debian packages:

  • If you install both of mcstas and mcxtrace on the same Debian/Ubuntu system, you will get a collision for the file /usr/bin/cif2hkl. As a workaround you may allow joint installation via overriding cif2hkl:
    sudo apt-get -f install -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-overwrite"

Full Changelog: v3.5.12...v3.5.16