ASPECT Newsletter #132

Hello everyone!

This is ASPECT newsletter #132.
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:

#4296: bump required ASPECT version in cmake files (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by tjhei)
#4295: update parameters (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by tjhei)
#4294: Minor edits to the manual. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by tjhei)
#4293: remove PETSc support from testsuite (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by bangerth)
#4291: simplify MPI gather for file concatenation (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by bangerth)
#4290: Move a screen message. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by tjhei)
#4289: Require deal.II 9.3. (implemented by bangerth)
#4288: Fix gmg only normal flux (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by bangerth)
#4287: Minor grammar fixes. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by tjhei)
#4286: Use a proper reference in another place. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by tjhei)
#4285: Use […] instead of $$…$$. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by tjhei)
#4284: Use a proper reference. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by tjhei)
#4283: Remove remaining uses of PETSc from the code base. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by tjhei)
#4281: www: update citing database (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by bangerth)
#4280: add/update bib entries for release (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by bangerth)
#4279: add maintainers to zenodo template (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by bangerth)
#4278: update zenodo DOI in readme (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by MFraters)
#4277: [www]: add 2.3 (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by MFraters)
#4276: remove PETSc cmake and misc (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by bangerth)
#4275: GMG: clean up cell data storage (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by bangerth)
#4274: [2.3] take over Disable failing particle integration schemes in periodic shells (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by tjhei)
#4272: Disable failing particle integration schemes in periodic shells (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by bangerth)
#4271: Update strain healing field tests (implemented by erinheilman; reviewed by bangerth)
#4270: Don’t open the same file on all processes. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by tjhei)
#4268: Fix a possible bug. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by tjhei)
#4267: Rename an argument. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by tjhei)
#4266: Remove some unnecessary include files. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by tjhei)
#4265: Minor refactoring of viscous dissipation statistics (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by bangerth)
#4264: Fix RK2 particle advection across periodic boundaries in a spherical shell (implemented by gassmoeller)
#4262: check DG limiters only used with cartesian mapping (implemented by naliboff; reviewed by tjhei)
#4257: Phase diagram (implemented by lhy11009; reviewed by bangerth)
#4217: GMG Newton solver (implemented by zjiaqi2018; reviewed by tjhei)

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

#4297 How to visualize all compositional field/ material field. (opened)
#4292 segmentation fault with GMG solver (opened)
#4282 Error in multigrid (opened and closed)
#4273 drucker-prager documentation warning (opened)
#4269 Improve restart start-up (opened and closed)
#4259 Adding an AssertThrow for DG Limiters during parameter parsing (closed)
#4199 ASPECT on M1 ARM (closed)
#3338 remove PETSc support (closed)

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

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