Hello everyone!
This is ASPECT newsletter #217.
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:
#6309: doxygen warnings, doc and parameter update (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6308: www: add ASPECT+Landlab funding (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6307: Add support for spherical coordinate system in initial topography function (implemented by tiannh7)
#6306: cleanup Tria options (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6305: GMG: rename class (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6304: GMG: move preconditioner to header (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6303: Allow manual workflow trigger (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by tjhei)
#6302: Update publications May 2025 (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by naliboff)
#6300: Update funding page (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6299: Remove a member initialization from header file (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by tjhei)
#6298: Add WorldBuilder macro definition (implemented by tiannh7; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6297: Remove redundant description (implemented by tiannh7)
#6296: Fix geoid freesurface test failure on deal.II master (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6295: New citation (implemented by ljhwang; reviewed by tjhei)
#6294: Fix a couple of bibtex entries. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6293: add tests/spherical_nsinker_bfbt/statistics (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6285: Fix traction ascii data (implemented by tiannh7; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6280: Use AMG for Weighted BFBT (implemented by quangx; reviewed by tjhei)
#6241: Fix Fastscape topography for periodic boundary by setting the values of ghost nodes earlier (implemented by Kaili270; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6240: Fix missing in.current_cell parameter entry. (implemented by MFraters; reviewed by tjhei)
And this is a list of recently opened or closed discussions:
#6301 where do I find an example cmake setup? (opened)
#6288 deal II master test failure geoid_freesurface (closed)
#6287 Questions about Layer Thickness Irregularities in Spherical Layered Models Using the Initial Topography Plugin (closed)
#6237 Crystal Preferred Orientation and Olivine: Karato 2008 Mineral Case not Working (closed)
A list of all major changes since the last release can be found at this website.
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