Hello everyone! This is deal.II newsletter #29. 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: #6300: Introduce face loop functionality in MatrixFree & rework DoFInfo (proposed by kronbichler) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6300 #6299: blacklist MSVC 2015 or older (proposed by tjhei) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6299 #6298: PETSc: Port to version 3.9.0 (proposed by tamiko) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6298 #6297: Step 60 (proposed by luca-heltai) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6297 #6296: Fix bug in MappingFEField (proposed by luca-heltai) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6296 #6295: Min/Max diameter with mapping (proposed by luca-heltai) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6295 #6293: harden cmake deprecation check (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6293 #6292: Fix various issues reported by coverity (proposed by masterleinad) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6292 #6291: Add step-59 tutorial program showing matrix-free DG (proposed by kronbichler) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6291 #6290: Fixed distributed cpt locations return tuple and added test (proposed by GivAlz) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6290 #6289: Remove failing ScaLAPACK tests (proposed by BenBrands; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6289 #6288: Don't derive Householder from FullMatrix (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6288 #6287: Update basic Manifold usage in the examples. (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6287 #6286: Fix MSVC warning regarding comparison of signed and unsigned numbers (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6286 #6285: Introduce face functionality to fe_evaluation. (proposed by kkormann) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6285 #6284: Tests: Always create a small 'detailed.log' file (proposed by tamiko) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6284 #6283: Avoid using 'info' as a word. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6283 #6282: Use a std::map instead of a std::list of std::pair. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6282 #6281: Store a copy of the FECollection object in hp::DoFHandler (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6281 #6280: Group all variables in p::d::Tria for data attachment into one structure. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6280 #6279: fix a file permission (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6279 #6278: updated bundled boost msvc version (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6278 #6277: Fe enriched overlapping domains (proposed by niveshd) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6277 #6276: Fix a test by increasing the precision of output. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6276 #6275: Fix test for GCC 4.8.4 by doing a conversion explicitly. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6275 #6273: Clarify the documentation of DoFTools::extract_dofs(). (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6273 #6272: add doc for write_gnuplot_dof_support_point_info (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6272 #6271: Further clarify something about p::d::Triangulation and attached data. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6271 #6269: Encapsulate all the cuda handles in a structure (proposed by Rombur; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6269 #6268: Fix compiler warning in task info scheme detection (proposed by kronbichler; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6268 #6267: Add default constructor for hp::DoFHandler. (proposed by adamqc; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6267 #6266: Clarify documentation of p::d::Tria::notify_ready_to_unpack(). (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6266 #6264: Update documentation of class Householder. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6264 #6263: Add missing assert in do_integrate_difference (proposed by mathgirl) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6263 #6262: Avoid warning regarding unused parameter (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6262 #6261: Slightly relax Hermite detection in MatrixFree::ShapeInfo (proposed by kronbichler; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6261 #6258: Add FEEvaluation::gather_evaluate and integrate_scatter (proposed by kronbichler; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6258 #6257: Ignore files generated by the example programs. (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6257 #6256: Clarify a comment for Utilities::generate_normal_random_number(). (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6256 #6254: add ConstraintMatrix::is_consistent_in_parallel (proposed by tjhei) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6254 #6253: Pass cell weighting to Metis partitioner (proposed by jppelteret; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6253 #6251: Change GridTools::distributed_compute_ptloc to use global description (proposed by GivAlz; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6251 #6246: Allow Utilities::pack to append data to existing buffer. (proposed by marcfehling; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6246 #6234: Slightly relax condition for even-odd tensor product value path (proposed by kronbichler; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6234 #6233: Separate manifold_id from boundary_id (proposed by luca-heltai; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6233 #6225: Provide better documentation to p::d::Triangulation::register_data_attach(). (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6225 #6218: Rework task info. Enables tasks for DG. (proposed by kkormann; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6218 #6210: Face initialization for matrix-free DG. (proposed by kkormann; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6210 #6185: Remove more boundary references (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/6185 #5990: step-37: print vectorization info (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5990 ## And this is a list of recently opened or closed discussions: #6294: MappingFEField does not implement get_vertices (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/6294 #6274: Review all documentation related to GridGenerator (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/6274 #6270: ConstraintMatrix instantiation for complex number (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/6270 #6265: Break derivation of Householder from FullMatrix (opened and closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/6265 #6260: operator* for Tensor<2> and SymmetricTensor<2> (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/6260 #6259: Inconsistent interface between DoFHandler and hp::DoFHandler (opened and closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/6259 #6255: consistent parallel ConstraintMatrix (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/6255 #6216: Scalapack MRRR tests fail (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/6216 #6200: Update `TriaAccessor::get_manifold` (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/6200 #6194: Fix poor grammar (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/6194 #5931: Boundary and manifold IDs not respected on boundary (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/5931 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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