ASPECT Newsletter #170

Hello everyone!

This is ASPECT newsletter #170.
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:

#5106: DebugRelease: fix plugin and test setup (implemented by tjhei)
#5105: cookbooks: remove ifdef guards in .cc files (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5104: Add release dealii to tester (implemented by gassmoeller)
#5103: CI: enable DebugRelease mode on Jenkins (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5102: DebugRelease build: changelog and doc (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5101: DebugRelease build: enable precompiled headers (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5100: Unify degrees to radians conversions (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by tjhei)
#5099: Remove 0 from parameter name (implemented by anne-glerum; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5098: Unify handling of repetitions between geometry models. (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5097: update parameters (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5096: support debug and release build (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5095: Adds publications for February (implemented by ljhwang)
#5094: Add matrix random volume weighting utilities function (implemented by MFraters)
#5093: Remove deprecated function from heating model interface (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by MFraters)
#5092: Remove deprecated functions to find plugins. (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by tjhei)
#5091: Remove deprecated interface functions for boundary conditions (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by tjhei)
#5090: Do not use deprecated interface in initial_lithostatic_pressure (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by tjhei)
#5089: Update initial lithostatic pressure plugin to account for initial topography and mesh deformation. (implemented by anne-glerum)
#5088: Include surface topography from mesh deformation in depth function [WIP] (implemented by Djneu)
#5087: Simplify the initial lithostatic pressure boundary traction plugin (implemented by anne-glerum; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5086: Fix documentation for VM (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5085: Fix grain size additional outputs visualization (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5083: CI: Jenkins: export detailed.log (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5082: CI: switch to checkout v3 to avoid warning (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5081: CMake: put additional info into detailed.log (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5080: add start_timestep signal (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5079: Install cookbooks and benchmarks (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by tjhei)
#5077: Fix adiabatic properties in depth average postprocessor for some special cases (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by jdannberg)
#5076: allow chunk and two merged chunks for spherical velocity statistics. (implemented by MFraters; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5075: Add use merged grid option (implemented by MFraters; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5074: free surface rebuild preconditioner (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5073: tests: skip refinement in remove_* (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5070: skip refinement if mesh did not change (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5025: Slab2 model (implemented by alarshi; reviewed by gassmoeller)

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

#5084 Issue on page /user/install/virtual-machine/running-models.html (opened and closed)
#5078 connect edit_parameters test to different signal (opened and closed)
#5071 Update Stokes preconditioner with free surface? (closed)

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

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