# ASPECT Newsletter #208 **URL:** \ **Category:** ASPECT\ **Created:** [January 6, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/aspect-newsletter-208/3848 "2025-01-06T15:00:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rgassmoeller](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/community.geodynamics.org/rgassmoeller/32/49_2.png) [@rgassmoeller](https://community.geodynamics.org/u/rgassmoeller)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/aspect-newsletter-208/3848/1 "2025-01-06T15:00:26Z")
Hello everyone! This is ASPECT newsletter #208. 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: [#6199](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/6199): fix doxygen copydoc reference (implemented by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei); reviewed by [gassmoeller](https://github.com/gassmoeller)) [#6198](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/6198): Fix latex errors in documentation (implemented by [gassmoeller](https://github.com/gassmoeller); reviewed by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei)) [#6197](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/6197): Add/Update references (implemented by [gassmoeller](https://github.com/gassmoeller); reviewed by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei)) [#6196](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/6196): Adding final? publications of 2024 (implemented by [ljhwang](https://github.com/ljhwang); reviewed by [gassmoeller](https://github.com/gassmoeller)) [#6194](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/6194): update release-tasklist (implemented by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei); reviewed by [gassmoeller](https://github.com/gassmoeller)) [#6193](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/6193): bib: fix fieldstone (implemented by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei)) [#6192](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/6192): www: update database.js and add 3.0 release stuff (implemented by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei); reviewed by [gassmoeller](https://github.com/gassmoeller)) [#6191](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/6191): update references to zenodo and manual (implemented by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei); reviewed by [gassmoeller](https://github.com/gassmoeller)) [#6190](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/6190): readme: update zenodo to 3.0 release (implemented by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei); reviewed by [gassmoeller](https://github.com/gassmoeller)) [#6189](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/6189): Fix typo in website news item (implemented by [gassmoeller](https://github.com/gassmoeller); reviewed by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei)) [#6188](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/6188): Update std::pow where possible (implemented by [gassmoeller](https://github.com/gassmoeller); reviewed by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei)) [#6187](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/6187): Update code style in dynamic core 2 (implemented by [gassmoeller](https://github.com/gassmoeller); reviewed by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei)) [#6186](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/6186): Fix shown reference (implemented by [gassmoeller](https://github.com/gassmoeller); reviewed by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei)) [#6185](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/6185): www: add 3.0 release (implemented by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei); reviewed by [gassmoeller](https://github.com/gassmoeller)) [#6184](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/6184): docs: fix links (implemented by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei); reviewed by [gassmoeller](https://github.com/gassmoeller)) [#6181](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/6181): sphinx doc: add plugin for svg conversion (implemented by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei); reviewed by [gassmoeller](https://github.com/gassmoeller)) [#6180](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/6180): doc: remove unicode characters, other fixes (implemented by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei); reviewed by [gassmoeller](https://github.com/gassmoeller)) [#6179](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/6179): Update version numbers in release tasklist (implemented by [gassmoeller](https://github.com/gassmoeller); reviewed by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei)) [#6177](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/6177): Update code style in dynamic core plugin (implemented by [gassmoeller](https://github.com/gassmoeller); reviewed by [gassmoeller](https://github.com/gassmoeller)) [#6176](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/6176): Fix tacc docker image workflow (implemented by [gassmoeller](https://github.com/gassmoeller); reviewed by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei)) [#6175](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/6175): Allow recursive includes in parameter files (implemented by [gassmoeller](https://github.com/gassmoeller); reviewed by [gassmoeller](https://github.com/gassmoeller)) [#6174](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/6174): Add benchmark paper reference (implemented by [gassmoeller](https://github.com/gassmoeller); reviewed by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei)) [#6167](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/6167): Update citation info on website 2 (implemented by [gassmoeller](https://github.com/gassmoeller); reviewed by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei)) And this is a list of recently opened or closed discussions: [#6200](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/6200) Unable to run S20RTS cookbook in 3 dimensions (opened and closed) [#6195](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/6195) Spack builder (and other compile errors) (opened) [#6183](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/6183) broken reference to fieldstone (opened) [#6182](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/6182) first-steps.md links to 404 /projects/2 (opened) [#6178](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/6178) Finish conversion of documentation to Sphinx (opened) [#6173](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/6173) How to integrating melt model and visco-plastic model? (closed) [#6165](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/6165) Support recursively including parameter files in a better way (closed) [#6140](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/6140) Inconsistency in the meaning of “phase\_index” in source/material\_model/utilities.cc (closed) [#6046](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/6046) Solution divergence between different combinations of linear and nonlinear solver schemes (closed) [#5877](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/5877) Splitting particle worlds (closed) A list of all major changes since the last release can be found at [this website](https://aspect.geodynamics.org/doc/doxygen/changes_current.html). Thanks for being part of the community! Let us know about questions, problems, bugs or just share your experience by visting our [forum](https://community.geodynamics.org/c/aspect), or by opening issues or pull requests on [Github](https://www.github.com/geodynamics/aspect). Additional information can be found at our [official website](https://aspect.geodynamics.org/), and CIG’s [ASPECT website](https://geodynamics.org/cig/software/aspect/).