ASPECT Newsletter #234

Hello everyone!

This is ASPECT newsletter #234.
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:

#6908: Make Particle distribution score/statistics postprocessors work with multiple particle managers (implemented by JarettBakerDunn)
#6907: Add make parameters target (implemented by gassmoeller)
#6906: minor manual clarification (implemented by maxrudolph)
#6905: Fix parameter documentation tester (implemented by gassmoeller)
#6904: Adjust code to build with ReferenceCell being a template . (implemented by bangerth)
#6903: Fix rheology in continental extension (WIP) (implemented by lhy11009)
#6902: Fix path of github action artifact (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by tjhei)
#6901: Use deal.II CG solver for VoF method (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by bangerth)
#6900: Structure linear algebra typedefs and headers (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6899: Update name GFZ (implemented by anne-glerum; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6898: Create a TimerScope class. (implemented by bangerth)
#6894: Fix broken link and use same link for manual as in index (implemented by anne-glerum; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6893: Bump docker/login-action from 3 to 4 (implemented by dependabot[bot]; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6892: Bump docker/setup-qemu-action from 3 to 4 (implemented by dependabot[bot]; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6891: Bump docker/build-push-action from 6 to 7 (implemented by dependabot[bot]; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6890: Bump docker/setup-buildx-action from 3 to 4 (implemented by dependabot[bot]; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6889: Prescribed condition from initial composition (implemented by lhy11009)
#6888: Prescribed solution initial temperature (implemented by lhy11009; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6887: add changelog entry for #6877 (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6886: Change Parameter Name in Reactive Fluid Transport for Consistency (implemented by danieldouglas92; reviewed by tjhei)
#6885: Remove unnecessary explicit instantiations (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by tjhei)
#6884: Modify documentation for stress compositional field names (implemented by alarshi; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6877: work around deal.II memory leak (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6790: Serialize the ODEStatistics postprocessor. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6786: Serialize the Topography postprocessor. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)

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

#6897 Go back to TimerOutput::Scope? (opened)
#6896 How to describe the ‘state’ of a simulation. (opened)
#6895 AMR-dependence on number of MPI ranks and passive particles (opened)

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

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