Hello everyone! This is deal.II newsletter #199. 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: #13319: CMake: call CMake's FindHDF5 instead of trying to find everything by hand (proposed by tamiko) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13319 #13316: MatrixFreeTools::compute_diagonal(): do not initialize vector (proposed by peterrum) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13316 #13315: [WIP] `MatrixFreeTools::compute_diagonal`: introduce template parameter `VectorType` (proposed by mschreter) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13315 #13313: Enable FE_Nothing in DoFTools::extract_constant_modes (proposed by sebproell) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13313 #13312: Fix MGTwoLevelTransfer::restrict_and_add() (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13312 #13311: FEEval: rename get_is_interior_face() to is_interior_face() (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13311 #13310: Speed up evaluation of RefSpaceFEFieldFunction (proposed by kronbichler) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13310 #13309: Added hp-version for `VectorTools::compute_mean_value()`. (proposed by marcfehling; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13309 #13307: Updates to manifolds classes (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13307 #13306: Minor adjustments to the pipe junction geometry. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13306 #13305: Add a missing assertion. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13305 #13304: Improve the text of an assertion. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13304 #13303: Rename Triangulation::manifold to Triangulation::manifolds. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13303 #13302: Minor updates to the documentation of GridTools::transform(). (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13302 #13301: Avoid a couple of references to GeometryInfo. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13301 #13300: Avoid 'using namespace' declarations. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13300 #13299: Remove an unnecessary 'using namespace std' declaration. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13299 #13298: Minor suggestions for step-55 (proposed by marcfehling; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13298 #13296: Follow-up to is_detected. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13296 #13294: fix a rendering issue with doxygen 1.9.3 (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13294 #13293: Port 9.3.3 changelog changes to master. (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13293 #13291: Use standardized detection idiom (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13291 #13287: Introduce ReferenceCell::n_isotropic_children(). (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13287 #13281: Introduce FEEval::*_face_data() (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13281 #13272: Switch the consensus algorithms interface to using function objects. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13272 #13269: Add a test for moving particles in a complex geometry and (proposed by blaisb; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13269 #13260: FEEval: allow to reinit with a batch with arbitrary cells (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13260 #13124: Manifold for `pipe_junction`. (proposed by marcfehling; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13124 #12771: Add Hessian to FE_NedelecSZ (proposed by kinnewig; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/12771 #12757: Add a CutFEM tutorial as step-85 (proposed by simonsticko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/12757 ## And this is a list of recently opened or closed discussions: #13318: Compatibility with opencascade 7.6.0 (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/13318 #13317: size of sparsity pattern not consistent with number of dofs (opened and closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/13317 #13314: PETScWrappers::MPI::Vector class gives no warning when trying to modify ghosted vectors (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/13314 #13308: Documentation of GeometryInfo and ReferenceCell unclear (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/13308 #13297: GMRES residual jump at restart when using multigrid matrix-free method (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/13297 #13295: Follow-ups to the introduction of `is_detected` (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/13295 #13228: The 9.3.3 release (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/13228 #13208: ConsensusAlgorithms interface (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/13208 #11628: Robustness of ParameterHandler::parse_input() (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/11628 #10535: Improve design of GridTools::find_active_cell_around_point() (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/10535 #9594: VectorTools::interpolate_boundary_values() (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/9594 #8918: Improve documentation of DataOutFaces (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/8918 #8914: Can one keep manifolds when merging triangulations? 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