backport of PR5772 to 72X
PopCon packages updated with new functionalities for executing the upload with the DropBox.
update of 72X PR
fixing
Updated plotting scripts
Bug fix of parallel offline validation.
Automatic launch of merge script and minor plotting adjustments
Fixes to the handling of root files
Added autoMergeQueue-option and presentation production
Fixing overdoing of EventSetup pointer initialization
Check for filters of HLT2Photon(PF)Tau type added.
Merged TauDQMfixPhotonTauFilters_72X from repository mbluj
Another fix for electrons (HLTEgammaGenericFilter added to recognised modules) for 72X
Revert "Fixing overdoing of EventSetup pointer initialization"

This reverts commit 00cd346850590141da7f72c1adc989184a0574a0.
Revert "fixing"

This reverts commit 12fbf76e1a4596e27e8b8962c64cddcae4c31933.
IsoTrackHB/HE
update of definition ref objects
better handling of L1_Lep+Tau cross-seeds and another fix for EGamma objects
fix wrong bin labels in eff ref to prev plot
Use local time to fill timestamp if the GPS information is not available.