Hello everyone! This is deal.II newsletter #20. It automatically reports recently merged features and discussions about the deal.II finite element library.
## Below you find a list of recently proposed or merged features: #5875: improve documentation of ScaLAPACKMatrix::least_squares() (proposed by BenBrands) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5875 #5874: extend VectorTools::project() to take fe_component (proposed by davydden) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5874 #5873: Improve detection of ld.gold (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5873 #5872: Fix another ice for ICC-15 (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5872 #5871: Allow for braced initialization in astyle.rc (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5871 #5870: Integrators for DG face integrals with tests. (proposed by kkormann) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5870 #5869: ScaLAPACKMatrix: add functions to perform addition, multiplication and row/column scaling (proposed by BenBrands) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5869 #5868: Fix deficiency in computation of norms for ScaLAPACKMatrix (proposed by BenBrands) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5868 #5867: enable chunking for save/load of ScaLAPACKMatrix (proposed by BenBrands) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5867 #5865: avoid icc 15 error on non-const reference (proposed by QiaoLei-88) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5865 #5864: Fix unused variables in SUNDIALS wrappers' destructors (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5864 #5863: Expand on the explanation of update_quadrature_points. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5863 #5862: add function to get max possible mg coarse level (proposed by tcclevenger) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5862 #5861: Restrict instantiations in GridRefinement to Vector (proposed by masterleinad) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5861 #5860: Step 49 modernization (proposed by drwells) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5860 #5859: Require a Tensor for an argument that indicates direction. (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5859 #5857: Extend capabilities of ScaLAPACKMatrix (proposed by BenBrands) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5857 #5856: Fix bundled warnings (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5856 #5855: Replace last Boundary occurences in the test folder (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5855 #5854: Fix issues discovered by Coverity (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5854 #5853: deal with unused variable warnings in scalapack bindings and bundled code. (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5853 #5852: Remove the hidden CylindricalManifold<dim, 3> code. (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5852 #5851: Allow detecting unused parameters using clang (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5851 #5850: Fix scalapack_10 (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5850 #5849: Deal with the remaining Float64 output files (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5849 #5848: Add/Remove some template parameters. (proposed by jppelteret) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5848 #5847: document sundials namespace (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5847 #5846: List for each tutorial what others it depends on. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5846 #5845: Update documentation around hyper-balls and spherical manifolds. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5845 #5844: Add missing template parameter to intermediate result (proposed by jppelteret) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5844 #5843: Fix unused variables in dof_handler.cc (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5843 #5842: Add operator assigning a scalar to a Tensor<0>. (proposed by jppelteret; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5842 #5841: Remove a typedef thats unused when compiling in release mode. (proposed by jppelteret; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5841 #5838: Add macro for __restrict keyword. (proposed by kronbichler; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5838 #5837: make icc 15 compiles on CentOS 7 (proposed by QiaoLei-88; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5837 #5836: Use less obscure wording. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5836 #5835: Remove reference to a function that does not exist (proposed by Rombur; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5835 #5834: FullMatrix size type (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5834 #5833: Fix ICC-16 ICE in fe_enriched.h (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5833 #5832: Fix typo FinitElement (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5832 #5831: Fix mpi/periodicity_01 (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5831 #5828: Split expensive files (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5828 #5827: Sort entries to the code gallery by their name, not their directory name. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5827 #5826: Cusparse assert (proposed by Rombur; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5826 #5805: Add Transfinite Line (proposed by dangars; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5805 #5781: ScaLAPACKMatrix: add routines to save/load matrix to/from disc (proposed by BenBrands; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5781 ## And this is a list of recently opened or closed discussions: #5866: GCC 7 gives warning on trilinos Sacado_cmath (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/5866 #5858: GridRefinement only instantiated for Vector<Number> (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/5858 #5840: Fix warnings for unused local typedef (opened and closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/5840 #5839: mpi/codim_01.mpirun=3 fails almost on all testers (opened and closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/5839 #5771: it would be good to have macOS tester on Travis (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/5771 #5662: Inconsistent integral types for sizes in Matrix classes. (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/5662 #5435: project_to_object_01 appears to be fragile (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/5435 A list of all major changes since the last release can be found at https://www.dealii.org/developer/doxygen/deal.II/changes_after_8_5_0.html. Thanks for being part of the community! Let us know about questions, problems, bugs or just share your experience by writing to dealii@googlegroups.com, or by opening issues or pull requests at https://www.github.com/dealii/dealii. Additional information can be found at https://www.dealii.org/. -- The deal.II project is located at http://www.dealii.org/ For mailing list/forum options, see https://groups.google.com/d/forum/dealii?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "deal.II User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dealii+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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