Hello everyone! This is deal.II newsletter #260. 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: #15679: Use parallel::apply_to_subranges(). (proposed by bangerth) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15679 #15678: Fix face orientation (proposed by peterrum) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15678 #15677: KINSOL: allow for custom setup (proposed by sebproell) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15677 #15675: Test examples/step-40: avoid std::cout race condition (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15675 #15674: documentation: switch all hyperlinks in the documentation to https:// (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15674 #15673: matrix_free/fe_evaluation.h: avoid a warning with g++-13 (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15673 #15672: Introduce DEAL_II[_DEPRECATED_EARLY]_WITH_COMMENT (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15672 #15671: Avoid const return type in functions (proposed by masterleinad) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15671 #15670: Tests: update official tester names (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15670 #15669: [9.5] Use -Werror again in enable_if_supported (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15669 #15668: Remove reference to VectorSpacevector from the documentation. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15668 #15667: Remove reference to VectorSpaceVector from ReadWriteVector's documentation. (proposed by bangerth) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15667 #15666: Remove derivation of LinearAlgebra::distributed::Vector from VectorSpaceVector. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15666 #15665: Update minimum compiler versions for C++17 (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15665 #15664: Add a missing typedef to the epetra vector wrapper. (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15664 #15661: clang-tidy: Enable readability-container-size-empty check (proposed by masterleinad) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15661 #15660: Fix some comparisons operator for g++-13 with C++20 (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15660 #15658: Add missing include path for `ReadVector` (proposed by mschreter; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15658 #15657: Fix step-46 tutorial program (proposed by kronbichler; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15657 #15656: Tests: grid/mesh_3d.h: add forgotten GridTests::reorder* call (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15656 #15655: github: update indent worker to Ubuntu 22.04 (proposed by tamiko) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15655 #15654: Tests: add forgotten namespace, fix typo in includes (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15654 #15653: enable examples/ tests in quick tests (proposed by tamiko) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15653 #15652: github: update linux runners (proposed by tamiko) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15652 #15651: Tests: if no numdiff executable is found fall back to running tests instead of dropping them (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15651 #15649: Test serialization for serial and shared triangulations (proposed by pcafrica) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15649 #15645: Change step-68 + timing_step-68 to use FEPointEvaluator (proposed by blaisb; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15645 #15644: Quick tests: also run examples/ tests (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15644 #15642: Test fe/fe_enriched_step-36: make a test less expensive (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15642 #15641: Fix some more clang-tidy findings (proposed by masterleinad) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15641 #15640: Use balanced braces for doxygen formulas. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15640 #15639: Remove a funny exit path in AffineConstraints::close(). (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15639 #15637: Create a vector space vector concept. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15637 #15636: base/exceptions.h: avoid warnings in Trilinos / Kokkos headers (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15636 #15635: FEEvaluation: Use n_lanes class variable (proposed by bergbauer; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15635 #15634: Taskflow for async (proposed by tjhei) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15634 #15633: Get rid of VectorSpaceVector in the LinearAlgebra::distributed::BlockVector class. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15633 #15632: Mark a 'virtual' function as such. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15632 #15631: Get rid of VectorSpaceVector in the LinearAlgebra::TpetraWrappers::Vector class. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15631 #15630: github: do not run checks on drafts (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15630 #15629: Remove remaining deprecations (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15629 #15628: Only run a test in debug mode. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15628 #15627: Fix the name of a variable. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15627 #15626: Remove LA::Vector. (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15626 #15625: Significantly expand the orientation module. (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15625 #15623: Get rid of VectorSpaceVector in the LinearAlgebra::EpetraWrappers::Vector class. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15623 #15622: Get rid of VectorSpaceVector in the Cuda Vector class. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15622 #15621: CMake: record git information in a separate configuration file (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15621 #15620: Micro-optimize a loop. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15620 #15619: Fix missing include file for optimization/line_minimization.h (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15619 #15618: Use C++17-style fold expressions. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15618 #15617: CMake: avoid updating deal.II{Config,Targets}.cmake when nothing changed (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15617 #15616: Update the documentation in a few places to refer to C++17. (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15616 #15615: Move the save and load function to serial tria (proposed by blaisb; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15615 #15614: Fix range-based for loops over the cells of triangulations. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15614 #15613: CMake: fix caching of C++ language feature checks (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15613 #15612: lac/trilinos_tpetra...h: Fix compilation on Ubuntu 20.04 (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15612 #15611: Remove deprecated functions in GridReordering (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15611 #15610: bundle taskflow 3.6.0 (proposed by tjhei) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15610 #15609: Standardize on 'template <typename X>. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15609 #15608: Introduce tria_orientation.h (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15608 #15607: disable github CI build of branches (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15607 #15606: [9.5] Disable parsing 'requires' clauses on the 9.5 branch. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15606 #15605: Make ParticleHandler serialization tests consistent (proposed by pcafrica; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15605 #15604: Deprecate the contents of the LocalIntegrators namespace. (proposed by bangerth) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15604 #15602: [9.5] lac/scalapack.cc: fix an out-of-bounds write that leads to a double free (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15602 #15601: Test petsc/petsc_ts_05: avoid stack-use-after-return (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15601 #15600: lac/scalapack.cc: fix an out-of-bounds write that leads to a double free (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15600 #15599: Tests: remove fail category (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15599 #15598: jenkins: test in random order (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15598 #15597: Test fe/fe_enriched_color_07: fix test (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15597 #15596: Remove deprecated solve_jacobian_system (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15596 #15595: [9.5] Allow running step-64 without CUDA (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15595 #15594: Clear the meaning of frequency in step-68 (proposed by blaisb; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15594 #15593: Introduce a variable that explicitly names the end time in step-26. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15593 #15591: Allow running step-64 without CUDA (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15591 #15590: Add Step-68 performance test (proposed by blaisb; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15590 #15589: Remove deprecated MatrixFree::FE[Face]::Evaluation functions taking bools (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15589 #15588: Fix the step-36 tests. (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15588 #15587: Default a constructor. (proposed by bangerth) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15587 #15586: Use 'using' instead of 'typedef'. (proposed by bangerth) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15586 #15585: Fix the naming of some function arguments. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15585 #15584: Fix missing template argument. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15584 #15583: Fix typo in step-16 (proposed by Rombur; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15583 #15582: Fix the naming of some function arguments. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15582 #15581: Use ReferenceCell::closest_point() in more places. (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15581 #15579: Standardize on 'typename VectorType'. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15579 #15578: Remove deprecated DoFTools::extract_boundary_dofs (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15578 #15577: Fix SolutionTransfer to properly compress() vectors. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15577 #15576: Unified interface for serializing triangulations. (proposed by pcafrica) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15576 #15575: Remove the FEValues instantiation splits. (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15575 #15573: Fix orientation (proposed by peterrum) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15573 #15572: Add InitFinalize base class of MPI_InitFinalize (proposed by Rombur) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15572 #15571: Use pinned memory when MPI is not GPU aware (proposed by Rombur; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15571 #15570: Avoid preprocessor define. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15570 #15569: Avoid unnecessary reinitialization. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15569 #15568: Minor simplification of some code. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15568 #15567: Make a constructor 'explicit'. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15567 #15566: [CI] add arm64 ampere linux build (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15566 #15565: Error on `create_coarsening_sequence()` with MeshSmoothing on refined mesh with one coarse cell (proposed by marcfehling) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15565 #15564: FESystem: do not abuse Subscriptor* as a fancy void* (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15564 #15563: Require C++17 (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15563 #15562: Fix documentation of parallel::accumulate_from_subranges(). (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15562 #15561: Parallelize some operations in AffineConstraints::close(). (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15561 #15560: Test example steps directly (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15560 #15559: Instantiate templates for p::f::T (proposed by pcafrica; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15559 #15558: General: use diamond inheritance for Subscriptor (proposed by tamiko) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15558 #15557: CMake: move a file to a better location (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15557 #15556: CMake: print a status message after deal_ii_pickup_tests() invocation (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15556 #15555: Remove deprecated Threads functionalities (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15555 #15554: github-actions: max out cores on macos and windows. (proposed by marcfehling; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15554 #15553: P3 dependencies (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15553 #15552: Fix ParticleHandler serialization with p::f::T (proposed by pcafrica; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15552 #15551: Remove deprecated FEValuesViews::OutputType (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15551 #15550: Remove some stray comment. Fix grammar. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15550 #15549: Use -Werror again in enable_if_supported (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15549 #15548: Remove ill-defined (and poorly documented) comparison operators for AffineConstraints::ConstraintLine. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15548 #15547: Implement AffineConstraints::ConstraintLine::swap(). (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15547 #15546: Make step-55 work in 3D. (proposed by marcfehling; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15546 #15545: Make face_vertex_location_location() a lot shorter. (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15545 #15544: Simplify constructors/operators of AffineConstraints::ConstraintLine. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15544 #15543: Remove deprecated LevelSet namespace (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15543 #15542: Do not allow access to return value of tasks that ended in exceptions. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15542 #15540: step-86: Use reasonable time stepping for a heat equation solver. (proposed by bangerth) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15540 #15539: Remove deprecated LegacySignal. (proposed by marcfehling; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15539 #15534: Remove deprecated Vector member functions (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15534 #15530: Remove deprecated functions in fe_interface_values.h (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15530 #15529: Remove deprecations in consensus algorithms (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15529 #15528: Remove deprecated CellDataTransferBuffer (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15528 #15527: FEFaceEvaluation: Fix ECL for continuous elements (proposed by bergbauer; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15527 #15526: CMake: fix submit_results.cmake (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15526 #15521: Make output of non_nested_transfer tests less verbose (proposed by fdrmrc; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15521 #15520: Shorten compilation time of two MatrixFree tests (proposed by kronbichler; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15520 #15445: TriaIterator: return a proper Accessor temporary (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15445 #15401: [Post-9.5] Address some cppcheck findings (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15401 #15381: MatrixFree: Only set up the inner faces when so requested (proposed by kronbichler; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15381 #15197: Add an abstract base class ReadVector purely for vector access. (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15197 #15084: Map boundary to bulk dof iterators. (proposed by luca-heltai; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15084 #15010: Forward implementation of std::bind_front (proposed by sebproell; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15010 #12080: [C++17] Check whether the output directory exists. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/12080 #11066: Use operator^ to create FESystem objects in the tutorials. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/11066 ## And this is a list of recently opened or closed discussions: #15676: Regression tester regressed 7c7ca6 (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/15676 #15663: Regression tester regressed 26653d (opened and closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/15663 #15659: Regression tester regressed 66236b (opened and closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/15659 #15650: Performance analysis of step-68 performance test (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/15650 #15648: Modernize or remove step-17. (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/15648 #15647: Deprecate MatrixTools::apply_boundary_values(). (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/15647 #15646: Add a corresponding concept to vector space vector for linear operators (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/15646 #15643: Warnings on master (opened and closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/15643 #15638: Check vector concepts for all of our solvers. (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/15638 #15624: LinearAlgebra::{E,T}petraWrappers::Vector::compress() doesn't do anything. (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/15624 #15603: Add assertion to make_hanging_node_constraints() to check that the AffineConstraints object does not store the entire index set in parallel. (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/15603 #15592: doxygen eats PETScWrappers::TimeStepper documentation (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/15592 #15580: Regression tester regressed on revision 434975 (opened and closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/15580 #15574: SolutionTransfer and PETScWrappers::MPI::Vector don't go together (opened and closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/15574 #15541: `FineDoFHandlerView` encounters cell that is neither locally nor remotely owned (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/15541 #15531: OS X tester is broken (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/15531 #15504: On Debian Bullseye: Incompatibility with Octave (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/15504 #15495: Threads::Task::return_value() should not be allowed when a task ends with an exception. (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/15495 #15440: Binding to TriaAccessor reference returned by dereferencing a TriaIterator temporary leads to use after scope (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/15440 #15168: Future direction of the different Vector classes in deal.II (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/15168 #14854: Standardize on typename VectorType over class VectorType (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/14854 #14599: Return MPI_Comm by value in PETSc wrappers. (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/14599 #14260: Implement `ReferenceCell::project_to_unit_cell()` (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/14260 #13575: New website (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/13575 #10556: PETScVectorBase::max and ::min are currently deprecated (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/10556 #10281: [C++17] step-70: Create output directory if necessary (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/10281 #8461: move homepage/images/ into a public git repo (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/8461 #8367: Cannot compile deal.II 9.1.1 with Trilinos (macOS) (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/8367 #7636: Update canonical links on homepage (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/7636 #6948: Showcase picture for each tutorial program (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/6948 #6947: "Features" tab on the website (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/6947 #6946: Provide "showcase" applications on the website (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/6946 #6945: Update funding sources on the website (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/6945 #4419: Implement a non-owning wrapper mode for PETScWrappers::MatrixBase (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/4419 #2535: Route to LA::VectorSpaceVector for parallel::distributed::Vector (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/2535 A list of all major changes since the last release can be found at https://www.dealii.org/developer/doxygen/deal.II/recent_changes.html. 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