Hello everyone!
This is ASPECT newsletter #71.
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:
#2771: fix inclusion benchmark with averaging (proposed by tjhei; merged)
#2770: udpate world builder to version 0.2.0-pre. (proposed by MFraters)
#2769: macro names without double underscore (proposed by tjhei; merged)
#2768: Extract velocity bdry constraints (proposed by tjhei; merged)
#2766: remove warning in benchmarks/inclusion (proposed by tjhei; merged)
#2765: use unique_ptr for FreeSurfaceHandler (proposed by tjhei; merged)
#2764: reorder solver parameters by subsection (proposed by tjhei; merged)
#2763: update publications (proposed by tjhei)
#2761: add assert and notes about inhomogeneous constraints (proposed by tjhei)
#2760: Link to the 2019 hackathon. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#2759: Make spelling conform to common styles. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#2756: Add a termination criteria for steady state temperature (proposed by gassmoeller)
#2755: Improve error message of ascii data plugin while loading file (proposed by gassmoeller; merged)
#2754: Support sphere geometry in ascii data plugin (proposed by gassmoeller; merged)
#2752: Fix initial topography for moved box origin (proposed by gassmoeller; merged)
#2751: Extend parameter view (proposed by gassmoeller; merged)
#2750: update parameters (proposed by tjhei; merged)
#2749: Extend parameter view (proposed by gassmoeller)
#2748: Link to parameter view (proposed by gassmoeller; merged)
#2747: Introduce parameters.xml (proposed by gassmoeller; merged)
#2703: Add newton paper benchmarks (proposed by MFraters; merged)
#2675: Implement consistent boundary heat flux computation (proposed by gassmoeller; merged)
And this is a list of recently opened or closed discussions:
#2767 Geometric Multigrid for faster linear solvers (opened)
#2762 Better document how to add publications using ASPECT to the list on our website (opened)
#2758 Termination criteria do not save state during checkpoint (opened)
#2757 Spherical shell and chunk support for initial topography (opened)
#2753 misleading error message in ascii data plugin (opened and closed)
A list of all major changes since the last release can be found at this website .
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