Hello everyone! This is deal.II newsletter #91. 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: #8603: add failing p4est test (proposed by tjhei) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8603 #8602: Fix Symengine test (proposed by masterleinad) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8602 #8601: Add assertion to PETScWrappers::MatrixBase::begin() and end(). (proposed by starki0815) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8601 #8600: Rename parallel::Triangulation to parallel::TriangulationBase (proposed by peterrum) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8600 #8599: Add a test. (proposed by bangerth) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8599 #8598: Update a documentation string. (proposed by bangerth) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8598 #8597: Remove PolynomialType Template Argument from FE_PolyTensor (proposed by GrahamBenHarper) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8597 #8596: Use MPI_Exscan instead of MPI_Scan. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8596 #8595: added inlined keyword to function definitions in quadrature_point_data.h (proposed by rezarastak; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8595 #8594: Replace boost::optional by std_cxx17::optional. (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8594 #8593: Implement DoFAccessor::set/get_mg_dof_indices for 1D (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8593 #8592: Introduce parallel::DistributedTriangulationBase (proposed by peterrum) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8592 #8588: Change Polynomial Classes to Derive from TensorPolynomialsBase (proposed by GrahamBenHarper; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8588 #8587: Enable DoFHandlerPolicy of p:d:t for 1D (proposed by peterrum) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8587 #8586: Return coarse-cell id by CellId (proposed by peterrum) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8586 #8585: added #ifndef DOXYGEN to forward declarations (proposed by rezarastak; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8585 #8584: Fix clang-tidy complaints for Symengine (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8584 #8583: Add a push_back member function to Quadrature<dim>. (proposed by simonsticko) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8583 #8582: Update deprecated warning message in parallel_block_vector.h. (proposed by simonsticko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8582 #8580: Pass MatrixFree::AdditionalData by reference (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8580 #8579: Generalize DoFHandlerPolicy of p:d:t (proposed by peterrum) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8579 #8577: Add particle generators namespace (proposed by gassmoeller) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8577 #8576: Correct variable type in test grid/accessor_01 (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8576 #8575: Extend read_vtk to add FIELD data (proposed by OpenFCST) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8575 #8574: Avoid a couple FP subtractions. (proposed by bangerth) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8574 #8573: Exclude MacOS self-generated files from untracked files (proposed by melaniegerault; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8573 #8572: Make a few variables 'const'. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8572 #8570: Add the links to the figures in the documentation of GridGenerator::eccentric_hyper_shell() (proposed by melaniegerault; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8570 #8569: Add cell->face_iterators() (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8569 #8568: Update instructions on where to find the pre-commit git-hook. (proposed by simonsticko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8568 #8567: Modify the definition of CellId (proposed by peterrum) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8567 #8566: Fix doxygen documentation (proposed by dangars; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8566 #8564: Change GridOut::write_svg() defaults (proposed by bangerth) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8564 #8561: Add another .mailmap entry (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8561 #8560: Fix an assertion that was missing a semicolon. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8560 #8559: Minor update to step-3. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8559 #8557: Update the description in step-8 that uses the new pictures. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8557 #8556: Fix a funny comment. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8556 #8555: New test: Chains of constraints on parallel hp-adaptive applications. (proposed by marcfehling; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8555 #8554: Update a piece of documentation to use less jargon. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8554 #8553: Update a bunch of changelog entries. (proposed by bangerth) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8553 #8552: Dealii modifications -- please ignore request (proposed by OpenFCST) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8552 #8542: Added the function GridGenerator::subdivided_hyper_L(). (proposed by maemar; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8542 #8539: Improve resolution in step 8. (proposed by chronictectonic; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8539 #8528: Implement the PolynomialsBase classes (proposed by GrahamBenHarper; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8528 #8526: Eccentric hyper shell (proposed by melaniegerault; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8526 #8522: Implement pack_particles functions (proposed by gassmoeller; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8522 #8519: Grid tools debug (proposed by mjayadharan; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8519 #8513: Add compression options to pack and use default parameters (proposed by gassmoeller; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8513 #8430: Reduce floating-point division in operator/ (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8430 #8429: Parallel distributed: Communicate active_fe_indices after deserializa... (proposed by marcfehling; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8429 #8382: Checking if MPI is enabled to allow both Trilinos and PETSc. (proposed by fmilicchio; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/8382 ## And this is a list of recently opened or closed discussions: #8591: Update PolynomialsBDM.degree() (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/8591 #8590: Introduce std_cxx17::optional (opened and closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/8590 #8589: Broken link to ASPECT under "Applications" on dealii.org (opened and closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/8589 #8581: material_id does not inherit from parent in distributed refinement (opened and closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/8581 #8578: Improve MGTransferBlockMatrixFree constructor (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/8578 #8571: begin() and end() of PETScWrappers::MPI::SparseMatrix segfaults (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/8571 #8565: PETSc incompatibility: `Out of memory` error on corner case (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/8565 #8563: Introduce cell->faces() or cell->face_iterators() (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/8563 #8562: Excise remaining compatibility renumberings (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/8562 #8558: Introduction of parallel::fullydistributed::Triangulation (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/8558 #8520: Possible performance regression in Debug mode on the stable branch (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/8520 #8517: GridTools::Cache does not in fact cache things sometimes :-) (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/8517 #8406: Warnings about vectorization (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/8406 #8366: Cannot compile 9.1.1 with Trilinos and PETSc (macOS) (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/8366 #8354: Pass MatrixFree::AdditionalData by const reference (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/8354 #8321: Documentation of GridTools::extract_boundary_mesh is incorrect (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/8321 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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