ASPECT Newsletter #105

Hello everyone!

This is ASPECT newsletter #105.
It automatically reports recently merged features and discussions about the ASPECT mantle convection code.

Below you find a list of recently proposed or merged features:

#3600: Tomography (implemented by alarshi)
#3598: Calculate viscosity on phases (implemented by lhy11009)
#3597: add unity build changelog entry (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by tjhei)
#3596: [Discussion] Include tracking of configuration data. (implemented by gassmoeller)
#3595: communicate refinement flags on ghost cells (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#3594: fix indent script (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#3593: disable world builder in cmake UNITY_BUILD (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#3592: Remove unnecessary include from simulator_access.h (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by tjhei)
#3591: unity build fixes (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#3590: undef INSTANTIATE macro (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#3589: introduce config.h for compile definitions (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#3588: remove spack yaml file (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#3587: Use native cmake to precompile headers (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by tjhei)
#3584: update parameters (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#3583: set required deal.II version to 9.2.0, update testers (implemented by tjhei)
#3581: update release task list (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#3579: www: fix my email (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#3578: www: update database (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#3576: update citing.html and bib entries (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#3575: www: update cite.html (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#3574: update zenodo DOI in README (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#3573: www: tabs2spaces (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#3572: www: add 2.2.0 (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by tjhei)
#3571: [2.2] cherry-picks (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#3570: FIND_PACKAGE bump required ASPECT version (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#3569: update viscosity_grooves benchmark (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by tjhei)
#3544: phase transition: average phase value (implemented by lhy11009; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#3488: separate two merged boxes from box geometry model (implemented by MFraters; reviewed by gassmoeller)

And this is a list of recently opened or closed discussions:

#3599 Improve GPlates parameter documentation (opened)
#3586 Continental geotherm should support new syntax for Densities from visco plastic material model (opened)
#3585 modernize unity builds (opened)
#3582 deal.II version bump (opened)
#3580 Add PREM density (opened)
#3577 spack instructions don’t work (opened)
#3518 Release 2.2.0 planning (closed)

A list of all major changes since the last release can be found at this website.

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Additional information can be found at our official website, and CIG’s ASPECT website.