Hello everyone!
This is ASPECT newsletter #156.
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:
#4930: fix zenodo.json (implemented by tjhei)
#4929: Minor documentation improvements (implemented by gassmoeller)
#4928: www: update citing database (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#4927: readme, bib entries, citing update for 2.4 (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#4926: fix manual includes (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#4924: www: update for 2.4 release (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#4923: Enable use of Iterative Advection schemes in combination with strain-dependent rheologies (implemented by naliboff)
#4922: Reduce gcc memory usage on tester (implemented by gassmoeller)
#4921: Adds Davies et al to citation list (implemented by ljhwang; reviewed by tjhei)
#4920: update gitattributes (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#4918: update enum name for deal.II master (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by bangerth)
#4917: rework world builder config and fix deprecations. (implemented by MFraters; reviewed by bangerth)
#4916: fix bunge et al cookbook (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#4915: manual: fix docker instructions (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#4914: remove obsolete comment (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#4913: visualize undeformed mesh and mesh displacement (implemented by tjhei)
#4912: fix readme tutorial link (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#4911: Prevent overwriting artifacts in CI pipeline (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by tjhei)
#4910: Add docker image build (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by tjhei)
#4895: Minor clean-up in the plugin infrastructure. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by tjhei)
#4893: No need to double up semicolons 
(implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#4889: Release initial conditions objects when possible. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#4888: Small cosmetic changes. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#4879: Create draft release notes for 2.4.0 (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by tjhei)
#4844: Docs: A few benchmarks (cleanup) (implemented by cmills1095; reviewed by gassmoeller)
And this is a list of recently opened or closed discussions:
#4925 pdf manual is incomplete (opened and closed)
#4919 Convergence issue: 3D convection with an Earth-like initial condition (S40RTS) (opened)
#4905 tests/gmg_mesh_deform fails with deal.II master (closed)
#4897 [CI] Github runner artifacts are overwritten (closed)
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