Hello everyone! This is deal.II newsletter #2. 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: #4933: Use American English spelling. (proposed by bangerth) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4933 #4932: Add a changelog entry. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4932 #4931: Use 'destroyed' instead of 'destructed'. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4931 #4930: Fix a couple of more places in step-6. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4930 #4928: Fix all deprecations in examples (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4928 #4926: Fix integrators/laplacian_01 (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4926 #4925: Simplify VectorMemory::Pointer. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4925 #4924: Simplify code that uses variadic templates. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4924 #4923: Avoid a warning with gcc 4.8. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4923 #4922: Improve error message in hp::FECollection constructor (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4922 #4919: Allows the CMake option DEAL_II_WITH_CXX11 to be enabled on Windows. (proposed by tulioligneul) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4919 #4918: Fixes possible error on "Vector<Number>::add(..)". (proposed by tulioligneul) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4918 #4917: Clean up the Timer CPU time calculations. (proposed by drwells) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4917 #4915: Fix compilation with GSL. (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4915 #4913: Mark conversion constructors of SymmetricTensor and Tensor as 'explicit' (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4913 #4912: Fix include directories for ADOLC (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4912 #4911: Remove the check for sys/types.h. (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4911 #4910: Fix a bug in CUDA matix-free when there is no constraint (proposed by Rombur; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4910 #4909: Clean up hp::FECollection (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4909 #4908: Introduce ::DoFHandler::get_fe_collection() and ::DoFHandler::get_fe() (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4908 #4907: Remove DEAL_II_WRETURN_TYPE_CONST_QUALIFIER_BUG. (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4907 #4906: Actually remove DEAL_II_EXPLICIT_CONSTRUCTOR_BUG. (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4906 #4905: Timer mpi fixes (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4905 #4904: Fix failing MPI tests (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4904 #4903: Fix Assert with the correct number type (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4903 #4902: move ConstantFunction and ZeroFunction to Functions:: namespace (proposed by davydden; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4902 #4901: make an Assert in LA::distributed::Vector::compress_finish() less rigid (proposed by davydden; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4901 #4900: fix a minor bug in MatrixFreeOperators::Base::vmult_interface_down() (proposed by davydden; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4900 #4897: Fix a bug when using Tensor with CUDA. (proposed by Rombur; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4897 #4896: Do not use dim3 for non-CUDA code (proposed by Rombur; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4896 #4895: Remove double underscores from include guards (proposed by Rombur; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4895 #4893: Generalisation of tensor and symmetric tensor functions (proposed by jppelteret; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4893 #4892: Rename timer variables (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4892 #4891: fix distributed GridTools::exchange_cell_data_to_ghost serialization ... (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4891 #4889: Follow up to #4888 fix regex substitution error (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4889 #4888: Fix test output for integrators tests (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4888 #4887: Fix tensor product matrix test case in float mode. (proposed by kronbichler; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4887 #4885: CMake: Bugfix: Use correct cmake variable in external projects (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4885 #4884: Remove unused child (process) resource usage checks. (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4884 #4882: Include correct headers for serialization of std::array (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4882 #4881: Enable hp::DoFHandler on p::d::Triangulation and add tests (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4881 #4877: cmake: fix intel compiler detection (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4877 #4876: Fix formula in step-33. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4876 #4875: Tests: Guard a couple of tests with with_lapack=true (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4875 #4874: CMake: Second round of CUDA fixes (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4874 #4873: Exchange active_fe_index information for p::d::Triangulation. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4873 #4872: Use optional exchange of ghost data in DoFHandler::distribute_dofs() (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4872 #4870: minor fix of ConsecutiveControl (proposed by davydden; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4870 #4869: Update documentation. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4869 #4868: Fix some #ifdef logic in the Timer class. (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4868 #4866: Fix incorrect size in overlapping EPetra_Map to IndexSet (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4866 #4864: Update documentation to mention a published article. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4864 #4863: Use the documented way to partition a p::s::Triangulation by hand. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4863 #4862: Make noexcept for AssertNoThrow more explicit (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4862 #4861: Update documentation of p::s::Triangulation. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4861 #4860: Add an assertion. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4860 #4858: Generalize GridTools::exchange_cell_data_to_ghosts() (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4858 #4855: Express the ghost exchange of DoF indices using GridTools::exchange_cell_data_to_ghosts(). (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4855 #4846: CMake: Refactor and fix CUDA configuration (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4846 #4676: MGTransferBlockMatrixFree for LA::d::BlockVector (version 2) (proposed by davydden; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4676 ## And this is a list of recently opened or closed discussions: #4929: Replace DoFAccessor::get_fe() by DoFAccessor::get_finite_element() (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/4929 #4927: Check the CPU time calculations on Windows (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/4927 #4921: Boundary deprecation meta-tracker (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/4921 #4920: Avoid the `&v[0]` idiom (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/4920 #4916: Vector subscript out of range on "Vector<Number>::add(..)". (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/4916 #4914: Documentation for nanoflann (opened and closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/4914 #4899: Possible invalid compiler flag set by CMake (clang only) (opened and closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/4899 #4898: Advertise the CommonInputs class (related to DataPostprocessor) a bit better (opened and closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/4898 #4894: Mark conversion constructors of SymmetricTensor and Tensor as 'explicit' (opened and closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/4894 #4890: mpi/dof_handler_number_cache is failing (opened and closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/4890 #4886: Bug in Tensor with CUDA (opened and closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/4886 #4883: The new general container type (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/4883 #4880: New failing tests / new build failures (opened and closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/4880 #4879: master is not compiling (opened and closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/4879 #4878: recent intel compiler issues (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/4878 #4871: BlockVector vs MultiVector (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/4871 #4867: Timers are weirdly broken (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/4867 #4865: Be more efficient with creating a Trilinos Epetra_Map (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/4865 #4859: Closing the "dealii/experimental" repository (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/4859 #4835: lac/tensor_product_matrix_03.debug fails (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/4835 #4786: run CUDA build on Travis and run tests on tester (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/4786 #4770: Add generic `get_finite_element(unsigned int)` functions (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/4770 #4704: deal.II Hackathon meta tracker (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/4704 #4689: cuda does not work with cmake 3.8 (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/4689 #4638: hp::DoFHandler needs to exchange active_fe_index on ghost cells before distribute_dofs (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/4638 #4574: equivalent of MGTransferMatrixFree for LinearAlgebra::distributed::BlockVector (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/4574 #4478: ZeroFunction and ConstantFunction minor issues (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/4478 #4361: New improved CUDA functionality in CMake 3.8 (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/4361 #3331: cuda unit tests (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/3331 #3037: Require sm=35 or higher when using CUDA (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/3037 #2594: Compilation of CUDA applications (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/2594 #2023: Introduce ::DoFHandler::get_fe_collection() (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/2023 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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