Hello everyone! This is deal.II newsletter #90. 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: #8551: Update some documentation pieces. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8551 #8550: Add mailmap entry (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8550 #8549: Add more citations to step-51. (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8549 #8547: Fix bug in MatrixFree ghost exchange with faces and FE_Q (proposed by kronbichler) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8547 #8546: Remove diff from testsuite (proposed by drwells) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8546 #8545: Fix several typos in CMake documentation (proposed by brownraming; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8545 #8543: Fixed documentation for Triangulation<...>::set_manifold(...) (proposed by alexrobomind; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8543 #8542: Added the function GridGenerator::subdivided_hyper_L(). (proposed by maemar) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8542 #8541: FEFacet [WIP] (proposed by tjhei) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8541 #8540: Add to LinearAlgebra::distributed::Vector documentation (proposed by tcclevenger; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8540 #8539: Improve resolution in step 8. (proposed by chronictectonic) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8539 #8538: improved documentation for grid generator (proposed by mjayadharan; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8538 #8537: Initialize particle locations with invalid numbers. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8537 #8536: Make particle iterators const references in range-based for loops. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8536 #8534: Add a mailmap entry (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8534 #8533: Variable size transfer of quadrature point data implemented (proposed by rezarastak) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8533 #8532: step-12: increase depth_console (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8532 #8531: Avoid CUDA warnings related to DEAL_II_ALWAYS_INLINE (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8531 #8530: Mutable bind implementation. (proposed by luca-heltai) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8530 #8529: Remove match_dimension (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8529 #8528: Implement the PolynomialsBase classes (proposed by GrahamBenHarper) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8528 #8527: fix a typo (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8527 #8526: Eccentric hyper shell (proposed by melaniegerault) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8526 #8524: Add a gitignore entry (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8524 #8523: Step-3 possible extensions to label boundaries using x, y, z coordinates (proposed by maemar; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8523 #8522: Implement pack_particles functions (proposed by gassmoeller) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8522 #8521: Matrix free atomic (proposed by Rombur; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8521 #8519: Grid tools debug (proposed by mjayadharan) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8519 #8515: add entry to doc/news/changes/minor (proposed by rfildes; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8515 #8514: Add extension to step2 (proposed by User-zwj) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8514 #8513: Add compression options to pack and use default parameters (proposed by gassmoeller) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8513 #8512: Added std_cxx17::apply() method. (proposed by luca-heltai; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8512 #8511: indent: check for bad usernames and emails (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8511 #8510: Add a changelog file. (proposed by brownraming; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8510 #8509: hyper_L documentation fix (proposed by LiMaIG) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8509 #8508: Expanding the intro to step 51 (proposed by aberleider) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8508 #8507: Add an entry to doc/news/changes/minor to summarize change for step-51 (proposed by jiuhuahu; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8507 #8505: step-51: fix cite command (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8505 #8504: add comment for interpolate_boundary_values (proposed by Irabiel) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8504 #8503: ignore .DS_Store files (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8503 #8502: Clarified instructions for install directory (proposed by genevaporter; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8502 #8501: Describing parameters (proposed by Lujkn; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8501 #8500: Fix typos (proposed by adriana6; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8500 #8499: Grammar mistake in step 2 (proposed by eanovak; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8499 #8498: Some small changes in readme. (proposed by luca-heltai) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8498 #8497: Update step 33 (fix UpdateFlags) (proposed by mzaguilar8) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8497 #8496: Fix BC typo in matrix_tools (proposed by saratro; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8496 #8495: expand a glossary description (proposed by rfildes; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8495 #8494: Fixed typo step3 (proposed by charu2104; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8494 #8493: step-49: do not use "untitled" as a filename (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8493 #8492: step-49: switch to vtu and add possible extensions (proposed by tjhei) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8492 #8491: Mark-up fixes in the BR element. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8491 #8490: Changes to enclosed_hyper_cube and moebius documentation (proposed by ManaswineeB; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8490 #8489: Added entry to minor changes log. (proposed by mnkajan; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8489 #8488: improved documentation in GridGenerator (proposed by axdn) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8488 #8487: Add L1 and LInfty norm methods to BlockMatrixBase (proposed by class4kayaker) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8487 #8486: improved documentation for grid generator (proposed by mjayadharan) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8486 #8485: Add a possible extension in Step-2 tutorial (proposed by User-zwj) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8485 #8484: Cell id is the key (proposed by rezarastak; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8484 #8483: step-50: use ranged-for (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8483 #8481: Rearrange measure (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8481 #8480: Fixed typos and wording in step-20 (proposed by nghayes; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8480 #8479: step 4: minor documentation edits (proposed by aggarwal-ashna; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8479 #8478: Changed Wording in Step 3 (proposed by rebeccampereira; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8478 #8477: Fixed markdown in a step-1 tutorial comment. (proposed by mnkajan; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8477 #8476: add reference for Nguyen 2012 (proposed by jiuhuahu; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8476 #8475: Simplify SymmetricTensor constructor (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8475 #8474: Cleanup use of DEAL_II_CONSTEXPR (proposed by masterleinad) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8474 #8473: Avoid deprecated features in step-54. (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8473 #8472: Change all uses of MappingType and mapping_type (proposed by GrahamBenHarper; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8472 #8471: Null pointer check added to CellDagaStorage::get_data() (proposed by rezarastak; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8471 #8470: Fix for Saturation Equation (proposed by omosebi1) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8470 #8469: Added an image in the documentation of the grid_generator (proposed by blaisb; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8469 #8468: Edits to step-4 commented program pertaining to right-hand-side and dim (proposed by BrandonGleeson; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8468 #8467: Clear up confusion about what kind of refinement is to be explored (proposed by katcosburn; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8467 #8466: Convert steps-1,6,18 to Bibtex style citations (proposed by adam4130; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8466 #8465: Add frobenius_norm method to BlockMatrixBase (proposed by class4kayaker; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8465 #8464: Fix one typo on step_3 documentation (proposed by brownraming; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8464 #8463: Added doc change log file for change to step 20 (proposed by kirana-bergstrom; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8463 #8462: Fix evenb typo. (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8462 #8459: Avoid more boost warnings (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8459 #8458: Fix for step-20 tutorial: changed point subtraction to tensor distance (proposed by kirana-bergstrom; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8458 #8456: Further cleanups of the SVG GridOut code. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8456 #8447: Let step-1 output SVG instead of EPS. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8447 #8444: Add workload imbalance function (proposed by tcclevenger; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8444 #8384: Complex periodic constraints (proposed by dangars; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8384 ## And this is a list of recently opened or closed discussions: #8548: more indent improvements (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/8548 #8544: Does the build system depend on python? (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/8544 #8535: Rename parallel::Triangulation to parallel::TriangulationBase (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/8535 #8525: Give a more meaningful alias for the indent script (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/8525 #8520: Possible performance regression in Debug mode on the stable branch (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/8520 #8518: Use rtree inside merge_triangulation (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/8518 #8517: GridTools::Cache does not in fact cache things sometimes :-) (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/8517 #8516: FEFieldFunction is not thread-safe (because GridTools is not threadsafe) (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/8516 #8506: ContinuousQuadratureDataTransfer with non-fixed-size quadrature data structures (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/8506 #8482: step-50 TODO list (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/8482 #8461: move homepage/images/ into a public git repo (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/8461 #8460: Access functionality for MatrixFree on faces (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/8460 #8309: Documentation of Triangulation::set_manifold is incorrect (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/8309 #7629: add dealii::BlockSparseMatrix::frobenius_norm() (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/7629 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. 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