Hello everyone! This is deal.II newsletter #66. 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: #7704: Unrestrict ScaLAPACKMatrix::copy_to/from (proposed by masterleinad) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/7704 #7703: Revise iteration in PreconditionChebyshev (proposed by kronbichler) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/7703 #7701: Use size_type for rows in ChunkSparsityPattern (proposed by masterleinad) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/7701 #7700: Do not use I in header files due to conflict with <complex.h> (proposed by Rombur; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/7700 #7699: use binary search in BlockIndices::global_to_local() (proposed by davydden; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/7699 #7698: Improve FEEvaluation for large number of quadrature points (proposed by kronbichler) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/7698 #7697: [CI]: add Jenkins marking (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/7697 #7696: Fix initialization of LA::d::Vector in MGTransfer::copy_to_mg (proposed by kronbichler) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/7696 #7694: CMake: Do not automatically rebuild a project when switching build type (proposed by tamiko) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/7694 #7691: Fix serialization of XDMFEntry class (proposed by gassmoeller; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/7691 #7689: example/step-4: Return the correct return value (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/7689 #7688: More output files for matrix_free/dof_info_01/2 (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/7688 #7687: MappingQGeneric: use of MatrixFree only for higher order elements (proposed by stefanmeggendorfer; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/7687 #7686: Update documentation of some VectorTools functions. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/7686 #7685: make DoFInfo::get_dof_indices() test more robust (proposed by davydden) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/7685 #7683: Cleanup the Vector::thread_loop_partitioner logic. (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/7683 #7681: CMake: Bugfix: Guard DEAL_II_HAVE_OPENMP_SIMD test (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/7681 #7680: Document the minimal supported MPI version (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/7680 #7679: Fix building TBB with nvcc_wrapper (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/7679 #7678: Fix p4est test (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/7678 #7677: Avoid calling a deprecated MPI function. (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/7677 #7675: Remove unused variable warning (proposed by dangars; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/7675 #7674: Simplify some code. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/7674 #7672: Fix compiling with MSVC (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/7672 #7669: Be explicit about initialization of static const Tensor variables (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/7669 #7668: Revert clang-tidy (proposed by dangars) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/7668 #7667: Fix serialization of variable data attachements (proposed by gassmoeller; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/7667 #7666: Ensure particle property initialization (proposed by gassmoeller; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/7666 #7641: add internal::MatrixFreeFunctions::DoFInfo::get_dof_indices() (proposed by davydden; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/7641 ## And this is a list of recently opened or closed discussions: #7702: Step 20: use LinearOperator framework instead of creating inverses and Schur complement by hand (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/7702 #7695: Parallel global refinement not working (sometimes ...) (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/7695 #7693: Change behavior of 'make debug' and 'make release' (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/7693 #7692: MatrixFree no_normal_flux constraints for GMG? (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/7692 #7690: Fix initialization of MatrixFreeFunctions::ShapeInfo for many quadrature points (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/7690 #7684: a base class to provide interface for FEEvaluation complied vector? (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/7684 #7682: p4est Assertion triggered in hypercube generation (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/7682 #7676: OpenMPI-4.0 dropped MPI-1 standard support (opened and closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/7676 #7673: Windows: Compilation error on master branch (opened and closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/7673 #7671: Request: hp::DoFHandler::set_fe() (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/7671 #7670: Move containers with temporary content into a dedicated structure. (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/7670 #7646: Clean up thread partitioner logic in Vector (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/7646 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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