Hello everyone! This is deal.II newsletter #28. 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: #6251: Change GridTools::distributed_compute_ptloc to use global description (proposed by GivAlz) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6251 #6249: Fix compiling with clang-6 (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6249 #6248: Deprecate set_manifold(id), moved to reset_manifold(id) (proposed by luca-heltai; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6248 #6246: Allow Utilities::pack to append data to existing buffer. (proposed by marcfehling) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6246 #6245: Instantiate GrowingVectorMemory for CUDAWrappers::Vector (proposed by Rombur; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6245 #6244: documentation fixes for hyper_L (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6244 #6243: Removed double include in grid_tools.h (proposed by GivAlz; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6243 #6242: Added map_boundary_to_manifold_ids. (proposed by luca-heltai; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6242 #6241: ScaLAPACKMatrix: copy functions (proposed by BenBrands) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6241 #6240: Adding FeFieldFunction::vector_value_list for distributed triangulations (proposed by GivAlz) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6240 #6239: Add default cases to switches in muParser (proposed by jppelteret; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6239 #6236: Corrected documentation for FEFieldFunction (proposed by GivAlz; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6236 #6235: ScaLAPACKMatrix: remedy for exceptions from within p_syevr/_syevr (proposed by BenBrands; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6235 #6234: Slightly relax condition for even-odd tensor product value path (proposed by kronbichler) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6234 #6233: Separate manifold_id from boundary_id (proposed by luca-heltai) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6233 #6232: Update SymmetricTensor class for AD numbers (proposed by jppelteret; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6232 #6231: Update Tensor class for AD numbers (proposed by jppelteret; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6231 #6230: Various updates and fixes for AD numbers (proposed by jppelteret; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6230 #6227: Fix signal handling of transfinite interpolation once cleared (proposed by kronbichler; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6227 #6226: Avoid warning in computation of Jacobi polynomial roots (proposed by kronbichler; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6226 #6225: Provide better documentation to p::d::Triangulation::register_data_attach(). (proposed by bangerth) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6225 #6224: add gradient of Tensor extractor (proposed by davydden; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6224 #6222: [WIP] Store the mass matrix block in a separate matrix in step-22. (proposed by bangerth) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6222 #6221: Store the pressure mass matrix separately in step-22 (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6221 #6220: [RFC] Add CG test using cuda (proposed by Rombur; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6220 #6218: Rework task info. Enables tasks for DG. (proposed by kkormann) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6218 #6215: Reduce number of threads in tests (proposed by kronbichler; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6215 #6213: reorder_vertices for 1 and 2d #6207 (proposed by weixiong-zheng-berkeley) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6213 #6211: add test stokes computation (proposed by tcclevenger; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6211 #6210: Face initialization for matrix-free DG. (proposed by kkormann) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6210 #6206: Improve assertions (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6206 #6202: Convert data structures in MF::MappingInfo to a face-compatible variant (proposed by kronbichler; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6202 #6182: Clone manifolds + std::unique_ptr in Tria (proposed by luca-heltai; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6182 #6177: New function for Jacobi polynomial evaluation and its roots (proposed by kronbichler; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6177 #6175: Add glossary entry on dimensions. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6175 #6168: Improve changelog entry for #6129 (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6168 #6155: Convert ReadWriteVector to std::unique_ptr. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6155 #6146: Parallelize a few operations in the FE_Q_Base constructor. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6146 ## And this is a list of recently opened or closed discussions: #6250: Add more coarse level cells to GridGenerator::truncated_cone (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/6250 #6247: Make a docker image based on spack (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/6247 #6238: Bundled Muparser does not compile with `-Werror` (opened and closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/6238 #6237: We need an parallel::distributed::ActiveFETransfer class, similar to parallel::distributed::SolutionTransfer (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/6237 #6229: Undefined references when running tests in parallel (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/6229 #6228: doxygen: no hyperlink from FEValues to FEValuesViews::SymmetricTensor and FEValuesViews::Tensor (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/6228 #6223: Assertion triggered in p::d::Triangulation::load() (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/6223 #6219: broaden base/polynomial_test.cc (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/6219 #6217: Tutorial for matrix-free DG (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/6217 #6216: Scalapack MRRR tests fail (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/6216 #6214: Simplify the structure of FunctionManifold. (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/6214 #6212: A function to generate regular polygons and corresponding prisms? (opened and closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/6212 #6207: A function for vertex reordering in 2d when generating cell (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/6207 #6179: Rearrange error handling code so failed Asserts call a [[noreturn]] function (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/6179 #6058: Don't put mass matrix into bottom left block in step-22 (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/6058 #4964: Issues with VS 2017 (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/4964 #3915: Tests opencascade/arclength_boundary plane_intersection fail for opencascade 6.9.1 and later (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/3915 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! 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