Hello everyone!
This is ASPECT newsletter #239.
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:
#7007: Only require old stresses for elasticity if necessary (implemented by gassmoeller)
#7006: pyvista scripts for compositional field visualizations (implemented by c1th)
#7005: Fix conda environment file in the contrib/python folder (implemented by JarettBakerDunn)
#7004: Let particle managers move particles around within cells to reduce particle clustering (implemented by JarettBakerDunn)
#7002: Fix fastscape test output (implemented by anne-glerum)
#7001: Fix additional_output_var and folder name for FastScape VTK output (implemented by anne-glerum; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#7000: Make dynamic core own its core data state (implemented by Francyrad)
#6999: Update maintainers for tester (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by tjhei)
#6997: [WIP] Set bedrock diffusivity in tests to something very small instead of -1 (implemented by anne-glerum)
#6996: Rename log.txt to screen-output in some tests (implemented by anne-glerum; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6995: Update test output fastscape_1 (implemented by anne-glerum; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6994: Move topography test output into its own folder for fastscape tests (implemented by anne-glerum; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6993: Pyvista script to create convection box cookbook documentation (implemented by JarettBakerDunn)
#6992: Manual cleanup (implemented by alarshi)
#6991: Allow multiple particle managers to have different output intervals and formats (implemented by anne-glerum)
#6989: Use additional FS variable in VTK output (implemented by anne-glerum; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6988: Add function-based outer temperature to dynamic core (implemented by Francyrad; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6978: Initialize particles for particle-advected fields without output (implemented by Francyrad; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6971: Fix index in friction models. (implemented by alarshi; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6969: Recursively matching and getting subordinary models within the compos… (implemented by lhy11009; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6962: Serialize the dynamic core boundary temperature plugin (implemented by Francyrad; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6913: Add Epanechnikov kernel function for particle distribution management (implemented by JarettBakerDunn; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6882: Prescribed Solution Post-processor (implemented by lhy11009; reviewed by gassmoeller)
And this is a list of recently opened or closed discussions:
#7003 Initial isostacy adjustment, initial topogrpahy and FASTSCAPE coupling. (opened)
#6998 Tester infrastructure improvements (opened)
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