Hello everyone! This is deal.II newsletter #127. 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: #10755: Fix compiling with CUDA 11 (proposed by masterleinad) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10755 #10754: Add assert to connectivity.h (proposed by peterrum) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10754 #10753: Fix memory reservation of hp::DoFHandler (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10753 #10752: Improve memory behavior of the BiCGStab solver. (proposed by bangerth) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10752 #10751: Fix compilation when CUDA is enable (proposed by Rombur; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10751 #10750: CMake: Fix static executable build for cmake 3.9 and newer (proposed by tamiko) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10750 #10748: GridIn::read_vtk() for simplex meshes (proposed by peterrum) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10748 #10747: Add parallel test for find_active_cell_around_point (proposed by dangars) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10747 #10746: Add test for parallel hdf5 and AssertThrow (proposed by dangars) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10746 #10745: enable -Wmissing-braces if supported (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10745 #10744: Fix reference (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10744 #10743: Add -Wmissing-braces to linux test (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10743 #10742: Add missing brackets (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10742 #10741: Generalize process_dof_indices() (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10741 #10738: Add constant to remove the need for macro usage (proposed by rezarastak) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10738 #10736: Avoid hang by AssertThrow (proposed by dangars) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10736 #10734: Check that MPIEXEC_EXECUTABLE is available in the test suite. (proposed by drwells) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10734 #10732: Simplify GridTools::get_face_connectivity_of_cells (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10732 #10730: Generalize FiniteElement::face_to_cell_index (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10730 #10729: Fix a warning about virtual destructors and virtual functions. (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10729 #10728: Fix typo (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10728 #10727: GridIn::read_msh() now supports triangular and tetrahedral elements (proposed by DanielPaukner) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10727 #10726: Generalize FETools::Compositing::multiply_dof_numbers (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10726 #10725: Implement TriaAccessor::measure() and ::diameter() for simplex (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10725 #10724: Generate error message with conflicting Qt macros (proposed by philm001; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10724 #10723: fix hang in periodic mesh smoothing flag (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10723 #10722: Extend QProjector for simplex (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10722 #10721: Fix a typo. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10721 #10720: Pass ReferenceCell::Type to QProjection (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10720 #10719: Move declaration of explicit specializations to correct file (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10719 #10718: Remove many GeometryInfos from fe_tools.templates.h (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10718 #10717: Store reference cell type in FiniteElementData (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10717 #10716: Unify set/get_dof_indices() and set/get_mg_dof_indices() (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10716 #10714: Add missing CRS entry and some asserts (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10714 #10713: [step-67] Fix typo in computation of speed of sound (proposed by kronbichler; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10713 #10712: detect infinite loop in periodic refinement (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10712 #10711: Avoid the use of raw pointers in WorkStream. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10711 #10710: Fix dynamic cast (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10710 #10709: Replace all GeometryInfos in dof_handler.cc and dof_handler_policy.cc (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10709 #10708: Accept MappingCollection in DataOut::build_patches() (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10708 #10707: Add new hp::MappingCollection constructor (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10707 #10706: hp::FEValues::reinit() pass by reference (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10706 #10705: Add new hp::FEFaceValues::reinit() functions (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10705 #10704: Fix cast in communicate_active_fe_indices() (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10704 #10699: Add simplex module page (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10699 #10698: Remove many GeometryInfo usages from examples (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10698 #10694: Remove deprecated MGConstrainedDoFs::initialize overload (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10694 #10692: Add additional ReferenceCell::internal::Infos (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10692 #10690: Implement Simplex::ScalarPolynomial and Simplex::PGauss also for 1D ... (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10690 #10686: Remove some GeometryInfos from dofs/dof_tools (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10686 #10679: extract TBB colored WorkStream::run (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10679 #10674: Replace FiniteElementData::dofs_per_* with FiniteElementData::n_dofs_per_* (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10674 #10673: Use ReferenceCell::Type to get Info (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10673 #10665: reshuffle namespaces in workstream class (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10665 #10646: Add Simplex::FE_P and Simplex::FE_DGP (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10646 #10645: FiniteElementData: select number of objects based on cell type (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10645 #10631: Refactor Triangulation::create_triangulation() (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10631 #10621: DiscreteTime::set_next_step_size() added (proposed by rezarastak; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10621 ## And this is a list of recently opened or closed discussions: #10756: CMake 3.18: warnings when configuring with CUDA (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/10756 #10749: v9.2.0 is incompatible with CUDA-11 (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/10749 #10740: consider using the meson build system (opened and closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/10740 #10739: disable build of shared library does not work (opened and closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/10739 #10737: Step-62 hangs in parallel (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/10737 #10735: In all tutorial programs, consider using standard return codes upon encountering exceptions (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/10735 #10733: Find a better way to determine what needs to be communicated with Triangulation classes (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/10733 #10731: ParticleHandler does not work properly with parallel::shared::Triangulation (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/10731 #10715: step-26: possible issue with some missing variable initialization (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/10715 #10656: Error using deal.II 9.2.0 on Mac OS Catalina (10.15.5) (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/10656 #7524: Conflicting variable names in deal.II and Qt (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/7524 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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