ASPECT Newsletter #188

Hello everyone!

This is ASPECT newsletter #188.
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:

#5544: Adding remaining publications from 2023 (implemented by ljhwang)
#5543: Remove TODOS that are backwards incompatible (implemented by anne-glerum; reviewed by tjhei)
#5542: Use chemical compositions in rheology models for parameter parsing (implemented by anne-glerum)
#5541: Fix some typos (implemented by anne-glerum; reviewed by tjhei)
#5539: (WIP) Replace the matrix free class with another. (implemented by alarshi)
#5537: Improve the error message when dlopen fails. (implemented by bangerth)
#5535: Don’t break hyphenated words in the documentation. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5534: Improve initialization of variable (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by bangerth)

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

#5540 Bug : Strain Rheology in ASPECT 2.5 and deal.II 9.5.0 (opened)
#5538 FIX or DOC: Consistent user-facing stress convention (opened)
#5536 DOC: Move plugin info (opened)

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

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