deal.II Newsletter #189

[Rene Gassmoeller]

Hello everyone!

This is deal.II newsletter #189.
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:

#12921: N_Vector now returns a pointer to MPI_Comm (proposed by sebproell)
#12920: Add signed distance function for 1D and 2D ellipsoids (proposed by nmuch)
#12919: Fix some errors revealed by STL debug compile (proposed by kronbichler)
#12918: [9.3] add changelog entry for point release (proposed by tamiko)
#12917: add changelog entry for point release (proposed by tamiko)
#12915: [9.3.2] Revert "Remove copy from SUNDIALS::KINSOL" (proposed by masterleinad)
#12913: ParticleHandler: Store vector of particles per cell in std::list (proposed by kronbichler)
#12912: Fix the dates in four changelog entries. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#12911: Enable gnuplot output for simplices, pyramids, and wedges (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#12910: Fix a typo in step38 doc (proposed by fdrmrc; merged)
#12909: FEEvaluation: Evaluate and integrate functions which use a user shape_info object (proposed by bergbauer; merged)
#12908: Simplify a test. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#12907: Avoid code duplication. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#12905: Cleanups in data_out_base.cc (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#12904: Simplify code by using cell->is_locally_owned() and friends (proposed by kronbichler; merged)
#12903: Inline active_cell_index functions (proposed by kronbichler; merged)
#12902: Apply some range-based for loops (proposed by kronbichler; merged)
#12901: Fix a test. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#12896: Split up matrix_tools.h -> matrix_creator.h (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#12895: Make DataOutFaces work with simplices (proposed by bangerth; merged)

And this is a list of recently opened or closed discussions:

#12916 SparseDirectUMFPACK does not work correctly with BlockSparseMatrix (opened)
#12914 Compilation error when using Sundials and MPICH (opened)
#12906 Support wedges and pyramids in DataOutFaces (opened)
#12900 test failures from dataout changes (opened and closed)
#11106 clang-format version (closed)

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