ASPECT Newsletter #240

Hello everyone!

This is ASPECT newsletter #240.
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:

#7017: add cmcrameri to env-py_aspect.yml (implemented by JarettBakerDunn; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#7015: Bump actions/checkout from 6 to 7 (implemented by dependabot[bot]; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#7014: Small style improvements and another tutorial (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by tjhei)
#7013: Update website frontpage (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by tjhei)
#7012: Simulator–>compute_reactions: Apply hanging node constraints to distributed_reaction_vector (implemented by GTAIto; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#7011: Set convert unit to big endian for FastScape (implemented by anne-glerum; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#7009: Temporarily switch FastScape branch in tester (implemented by anne-glerum; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#7005: Fix conda environment file in the contrib/python folder (implemented by JarettBakerDunn; reviewed by alarshi)
#7002: Fix fastscape test output (implemented by anne-glerum; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6997: Set bedrock diffusivity in tests to something very small instead of -1 (implemented by anne-glerum; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6991: Allow multiple particle managers to have different output intervals and formats (implemented by anne-glerum; reviewed by gassmoeller)

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

#7018 Fastscape coupling and instability + sensitive to mesh resolution. (opened)
#7016 Does the debug check on QLS particle interpolation use a too strict tolerance? (opened)
#7010 check_diffusion_time_step in FASTSCAPE coupling (opened)
#7008 contrib/python/env-py_aspect.yml unable to create conda environment (opened)
#6912 Have individual output intervals and file formats for each particle manager (closed)

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

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