Hello everyone! This is deal.II newsletter #248. 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: #15024: Make FEPointEval expose same types as FEEval (proposed by jh66637; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15024 #15023: instantiate mapped quadrature for dim=1 and spacedim=2 (proposed by jh66637; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15023 #15022: Address some compile time issues. (proposed by bangerth) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15022 #15019: Increment the majorest version number. (proposed by drwells) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15019 #15015: FEPointEvaluation: disconnect from MappingInfo (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15015 #15014: Clean up notions of CUDA in the codebase (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15014 #15013: Enable vectorization over quadrature points in whole FEPointEvaluation (proposed by bergbauer) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15013 #15012: FEPointEvaluation::integrate: Choose better loop layout (proposed by kronbichler; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15012 #15011: Work around nvcc compiler bug in mg_transfer_global_coarsening.templates.h (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15011 #15010: Introduce helper Utilities::callable_member (proposed by sebproell) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15010 #15009: Check whether construct_multigrid_hierarchy is set ealier. (proposed by adamqc) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15009 #15008: Add Functions::SignedDistance::Rectangle (proposed by mschreter) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15008 #15007: Fix copy constructor of MappingQ (proposed by peterrum) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15007 #15006: CMake: fix variable name (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15006 #15005: Add a test for GridTools::Cache::get_covering_rtree(). (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15005 #15004: Minor doc updates in GridTools. (proposed by bangerth) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15004 #15003: Use Kokkos for data structures in CUDA matrix-free framework (proposed by Rombur) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15003 #15002: Fix a unused variable compiler warning in tria.cc (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15002 #15001: OSX tester does not pick up /rebuild (proposed by marcfehling; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15001 #15000: Update SUNDIALS link in doc/readme.html (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/15000 #14999: Fix nodal and Gauss-type quadratures for dim = 0. (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/14999 #14998: CMake: refactor repetitive option handling into two macros (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/14998 #14997: Explain the purpose of some computations in CellIDTranslator. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/14997 #14995: MatrixFreeTools: fix some refs and const (proposed by sebproell; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/14995 #14993: CMake: Rename DEAL_II_NAMESPACE to DEAL_II_TARGET_NAME (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/14993 #14992: CMake: prefer CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD and export cxx_std_?? COMPILE_FEATURES target property (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/14992 #14991: CMake: use POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE target property instead of setting -fPIC by hand (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/14991 #14990: CMake: separate warning flags into DEAL_II_WARNING_FLAGS variable (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/14990 #14989: Fix FEPointEvaluation for different n_q_points with same MappingInfo for different evaluators (proposed by bergbauer; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/14989 #14988: Rework the introduction to step-7. (proposed by bangerth) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/14988 #14987: Leave a hint in step-7. (proposed by bangerth) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/14987 #14986: Step-70: remove unused variable (proposed by mschreter; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/14986 #14983: Change default `compression_level` of vtu output (proposed by c-p-schmidt) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/14983 #14982: Compute values_of_array only once and optimize instructions (proposed by bergbauer; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/14982 #14981: Add benchmark for multgrid with global coarsening (proposed by kronbichler; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/14981 #14971: Create dealii::dealii target and add compile options (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/14971 #14958: Enable output of compressed hdf5 files (proposed by c-p-schmidt; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/14958 #14597: Make sure to clear a variable that gets set (proposed by kronbichler; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/14597 ## And this is a list of recently opened or closed discussions: #15026: Remove Algorithms::Newton? (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/15026 #15025: Normals of a cell (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/15025 #15021: FEInterfaceValues::reinit fails when neither element dominates (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/15021 #15020: Rewrite deal.II in Rust (opened and closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/15020 #15018: DataIn (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/15018 #15017: Improve documentation of reference cells, orientation, ... (opened and closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/15017 #15016: Test tutorials (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/15016 #14996: MatrixFree: provide only one overload for each type of loop function (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/14996 #14994: Possible bug when using Multigrid with p::s::Triangulation (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/14994 #14984: Exceptions inside FEPointEvaluation - Index out of bounds (opened and closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/14984 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. Thanks for being part of the community! Let us know about questions, problems, bugs or just share your experience by writing to dealii@googlegroups.com, or by opening issues or pull requests at https://www.github.com/dealii/dealii. 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