ASPECT Newsletter #128

Hello everyone!

This is ASPECT newsletter #128.
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:

#4052: [WIP] Add github test action (implemented by gassmoeller)
#4051: Shrink StructuredData. (implemented by bangerth)
#4050: Avoid the use of deprecated functions for iterating over local vector elements. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#4049: Avoid a deprecated version of MappingQCache::initialize(). (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by MFraters)
#4048: Avoid the use of TriaAccessor::number_of_children(). (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by MFraters)
#4047: Avoid the use of Threads::Thread. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by tjhei)
#4045: add dependency info to readme (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by bangerth)
#4044: Add an explanatory sentence to the ‘compositing’ material model. (implemented by bangerth)
#4043: Remove duplicated calls to initialize (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by tjhei)
#4042: fix lateral viscosity variations (implemented by jdannberg; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#4036: Add a fallback interpolator to bilinear least squares (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by bangerth)

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

#4046 ASPECT hangs right after checkpoint when using >1 node (opened)
#4031 cmake documentation? (closed)

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

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