Hello everyone!
This is ASPECT newsletter #155.
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:
#4909: Fix cmake with newer version of world builder. (implemented by MFraters; reviewed by tjhei)
#4907: Add copyright header to files currently lacking them. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by tjhei)
#4904: Make a function pointer declaration easier to read. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by tjhei)
#4903: Post release version bump (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by bangerth)
#4902: update copyright (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by bangerth)
#4900: fix doxygen formatting (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by bangerth)
#4899: delete old broken links from readme (implemented by tjhei)
#4896: Tests of GMG DC Picard Stokes (implemented by zjiaqi2018; reviewed by tjhei)
#4895: Minor clean-up in the plugin infrastructure. (implemented by bangerth)
#4894: Put a space between a colon and the number that follows. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by tjhei)
#4893: No need to double up semicolons 
(implemented by bangerth)
#4892: Fix typos June 2022 (implemented by anne-glerum; reviewed by tjhei)
#4891: Use std::unique_ptr for plugin creation, rather than raw pointers. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by tjhei)
#4890: support parallel intermediate deal.II format (implemented by tjhei)
#4889: Release initial conditions objects when possible. (implemented by bangerth)
#4888: Small cosmetic changes. (implemented by bangerth)
#4887: Prescribed temperature fix (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#4886: GMG: evaluate level data of Newton and free surface (WIP) (implemented by zjiaqi2018)
#4885: fix copying of prescribed temperature (implemented by jdannberg)
#4884: Better document an implementation detail in the pT path particle property. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#4883: Use more obvious language. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by tjhei)
#4882: Do not specify a template argument where not necessary. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by tjhei)
#4881: Recompute global volume after each mesh deformation (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#4880: Add MappingCartesian compatibility implementation (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#4879: Create draft release notes for 2.4.0 (implemented by gassmoeller)
#4878: Add more testers (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by tjhei)
#4877: update parameters (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#4876: Adds several theses and a recent publication (implemented by ljhwang; reviewed by bangerth)
#4875: allow use with currect dealii master version (implemented by jdannberg; reviewed by bangerth)
#4873: Assert strain_rate is finite in many places (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#4872: Use deal.II v9.4 release (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by tjhei)
#4871: Only request needed material properties. (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by tjhei)
#4870: Do not set strain_rate to size 0 in MaterialModel (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#4869: Docs: continental extension cookbook (implemented by naliboff)
#4868: Input phase properties by value differences (implemented by lhy11009)
#4864: apply clang tidy fixes (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by MFraters)
#4862: stokes assembler: do not request reaction_terms (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
And this is a list of recently opened or closed discussions:
#4908 Structure for a new section on rheology and material models in ASPECT (opened)
#4906 Initialization order is error-prone. (opened)
#4905 tests/gmg_mesh_deform fails with deal.II master (opened)
#4901 tests/ .cc files are missing ASPECT header (opened and closed)
#4898 missing aspect tutorial link (opened)
#4897 [CI] Github runner artifacts are overwritten (opened)
#4874 remove checks for invalid strain_rate (opened)
A list of all major changes since the last release can be found at this website.
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