Index: trunk/MagicSoft/Mars/Changelog
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--- trunk/MagicSoft/Mars/Changelog	(revision 9578)
+++ trunk/MagicSoft/Mars/Changelog	(revision 9579)
@@ -38,4 +38,5 @@
    * msimcamera/MSimCalibrationSignal.cc:
      - changed distribution of signal from Gauss to Poissonian
+
 
 
Index: trunk/MagicSoft/Mars/NEWS
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--- trunk/MagicSoft/Mars/NEWS	(revision 9578)
+++ trunk/MagicSoft/Mars/NEWS	(revision 9579)
@@ -7,4 +7,11 @@
    * On some systems (version of make?) the __LINUX__ definition was not set
      when compiling. This lead to MTime(-1) not working properly. Fixed.
+
+   * The status display is now able to write a plain root file which means
+     that the MStatusArray container is omitted and the TCanvas are written
+     to the file directly. This allows to write files which are accessible
+     from a plain root (without MARS) if no MARS objects are contained
+     in the TCanvas'. In turn the reading of files which contains 
+     objects and TCanvas' but no MStatusArray object has been improved.
 
  ;ceres:
@@ -19,4 +26,7 @@
    * The trigger channel which issued the trigger is now stored in
      MRawEvtHeader::fNumTriggerLvl1
+
+   * The number of photons in the calibration signal is now distributed
+     by a possonian instead of a Gauss.