% ROOT Version 6.20 Release Notes
% 2019-05-29
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## Introduction

ROOT version 6.20/00 is scheduled for release in November 2019.

For more information, see:

[http://root.cern](http://root.cern)

The following people have contributed to this new version:

 Kim Albertsson, CERN/ATLAS,\
 Guilherme Amadio, CERN/SFT,\
 Bertrand Bellenot, CERN/SFT,\
 Iliana Betsou, CERN/SFT,\
 Jakob Blomer, CERN/SFT,\
 Brian Bockelman, Nebraska,\
 Rene Brun, CERN/SFT,\
 Philippe Canal, FNAL,\
 Javier Cervantes Villanueva, CERN/SFT,\
 Olivier Couet, CERN/SFT,\
 Alexandra Dobrescu, CERN/SFT,\
 Giulio Eulisse, CERN/ALICE,\
 Gerri Ganis, CERN/SFT,\
 Andrei Gheata, CERN/SFT,\
 Enrico Guiraud, CERN/SFT,\
 Stephan Hageboeck, CERN/SFT,\
 Jan Knedlik, GSI,\
 Sergey Linev, GSI,\
 Pere Mato, CERN/SFT,\
 Lorenzo Moneta, CERN/SFT,\
 Alja Mrak-Tadel, UCSD/CMS,\
 Axel Naumann, CERN/SFT,\
 Vincenzo Eduardo Padulano, Bicocca/SFT,\
 Danilo Piparo, CERN/SFT,\
 Fons Rademakers, CERN/SFT,\
 Henry Schreiner, Princeton,\
 Oksana Shadura, Nebraska,\
 Simon Spies, GSI,\
 Yuka Takahashi, Princeton and CERN/SFT,\
 Enric Tejedor Saavedra, CERN/SFT,\
 Matevz Tadel, UCSD/CMS,\
 Vassil Vassilev, Princeton/CMS,\
 Wouter Verkerke, NIKHEF/Atlas,\
 Zhe Zhang, Nebraska,\
 Stefan Wunsch, CERN/SFT

## Deprecation and Removal

### Deprecated packages

### Removed packages

## Core Libraries


## I/O Libraries


## TTree Libraries


## Histogram Libraries


## Math Libraries


## RooFit Libraries


## 2D Graphics Libraries


## 3D Graphics Libraries


## Geometry Libraries


## Database Libraries


## Networking Libraries


## GUI Libraries


## Montecarlo Libraries


## PROOF Libraries


## Language Bindings


## JavaScript ROOT


## Tutorials


## Class Reference Guide


## Build, Configuration and Testing Infrastructure



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