ASPECT Newsletter #173

Hello everyone!

This is ASPECT newsletter #173.
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:

#5135: Reduce duplication when checking for file existence (implemented by gassmoeller)
#5134: Introduce utility function for file writing. (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5133: Reduce parallel file input operations (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5132: Avoid opening world builder file on all MPI processes. (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by MFraters)
#5131: improve documentation (implemented by jdannberg; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5130: fix pd2 intermediate format (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5129: Revert tester to standard cmake (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5128: update parameters (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5127: Redo on adding the March 2023 citations (implemented by ljhwang; reviewed by tjhei)
#5124: netcdf fixes (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5113: Utilities: move inline funcs down (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#4039: Add Dockerfile for TACC systems Stampede Frontera (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by tjhei)

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

#5136 My 3D simulation becomes much slower when using dealii9.4.2 than using dealii9.3.3 (opened)
#4959 Slow down of solver after recent updates. (closed)

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

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