deal.II Newsletter #292
Rene Gassmoeller
Hello everyone!
This is deal.II newsletter #292.
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:
#17334: Test examples/step-30: remove test (proposed by tamiko)
#17333: Test examples/step-52: disable unstable output (proposed by tamiko)
#17332: Compatibility with CGAL 6.0 (proposed by sloriot)
#17331: Feature+Discussion: Add MueLu interface to TpetraWrappers (proposed by jpthiele)
#17330: Test examples/step-60: do not write "used_parameters.prm" into source directory (proposed by tamiko)
#17329: Fix TaskResult::clear(). (proposed by bangerth)
#17328: Add another test for TaskResult::try_emplace_task(). (proposed by bangerth)
#17324: tests/examples/step-75 add output (proposed by tjhei; merged)
#17323: add output for tests/examples/step-30 (proposed by tjhei)
#17320: Add TaskResult::try_emplace_task(). (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#17319: Add a comment to the documentation of Lazy<T>. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#17316: Add a test for shared::Triangulation. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#17315: Move an #ifdef guard. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#17314: Add check for vectorization level to test output of step-75 (proposed by jpthiele; merged)
#17313: Guard isSupported check in preconditioners to Trilinos >=13.0.0 (proposed by jpthiele; merged)
#17311: Fix Ifpack2 preconditioner type (proposed by kronbichler; merged)
#17310: tests/examples/step-34: remove solver output (proposed by tjhei; merged)
#17308: step-33: disallow MPI (proposed by tjhei; merged)
#17307: Consistently use interior normal vector (proposed by bergbauer; merged)
#17306: `FEInterfaceValues`: fill indices for `TriaIterator<CellAccessor>` (proposed by peterrum)
#17303: VectorTools::compute_no_normal_flux_constraints: use mapping in the case of linear manifold (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#17301: Rename a private member variable. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#17298: PetscWrappers::VectorBase: add a missing header. (proposed by drwells; merged)
#17297: No need to explicity call 'close()' at the end of a scope. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#17296: Check that we can read from/write to streams. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#17295: Make some variables 'unsigned'. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#17294: Name variables according to their purpose. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#17293: Add missing changes file for Tpetra Amesos2 interface (proposed by jpthiele; merged)
#17292: Add set of passing Tpetra tests (proposed by jpthiele; merged)
#17290: Add more comparisons to hp::Collection::CollectionIterator. (proposed by drwells; merged)
#17289: Improve documentation of FEEvaluation::submit_xxx() (proposed by kronbichler; merged)
#17288: Implement normal_derivative for FEPointEvaluation (proposed by bergbauer; merged)
#17287: Implement divergence for FEPointEvaluation (proposed by bergbauer; merged)
#17285: Add to the documentation of FEFieldFunction. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#17284: Use 'topic' instead of 'module' in the documentation. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#17283: fix petsc installation readme (proposed by stefanozampini; merged)
#17282: Fix a typo. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#17280: Do not convert a std::string to a std::string. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#17279: Doxygen: bring back modules/topics for doxygen 1.9.8 onwards (proposed by tamiko; merged)
#17278: Modernized Windows workflow. (proposed by marcfehling; merged)
#17277: `Parameterhandler`/`ParameterAcceptor`: do not use `PathSearch::ExcFileNotFound` (proposed by tamiko; merged)
#17276: Deprecate PathSearch, remove internal use (proposed by tamiko; merged)
#17275: Github: add a-framework/ tests to github actions (proposed by tamiko; merged)
#17274: Compile examples on Windows. (proposed by marcfehling)
#17273: Triangulation: pack/unpack fixed/variable data (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#17272: Testsuite: retry a test when encountering a segfault (proposed by tamiko)
#17268: Support codim-1 in hyper_shell() and hyper_cube_with_cylindrical_hole() (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#17267: Add mpirun for steps 70 & 75 output files (proposed by jpthiele; merged)
#17266: Serialize particles if underlying triangulation is sequential (proposed by pcafrica)
#17264: step-89 requires CGAL (proposed by vyushut)
#17262: Make a 'Mapping' object 'const'. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#17261: Remove an unnecessary 'typename' in step-19. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#17259: CMake: Explain why we disable dynamic linking on Windows. (proposed by marcfehling; merged)
#17258: step-29 no longer uses deallog. Update output in results.dox accordingly. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#17255: Updates to the LogStream documentation. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#17248: testing of step-80 to step-89 (proposed by vyushut; merged)
#17244: Add `face_to_cell_index_nodal` for simplex elements (proposed by dominiktassilostill; merged)
#17233: Rename a third callback in PETScWrappers::TimeStepper. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#17232: Testing step-60 to step-69. (proposed by vyushut; merged)
#17209: testing step-50 to step-59 (proposed by vyushut; merged)
#17183: Add wrappers for Tpetra Ifpack2 preconditioners (proposed by jpthiele; merged)
#17177: Implement new multigrid transfer with MatrixFree infrastructure (proposed by kronbichler; merged)
#17130: Converting the step30-39 tutorials to CTests. (proposed by vyushut; merged)
#17038: Apply prmindent to PRM files (proposed by paulapatience; merged)
#15655: github: update indent worker to Ubuntu 22.04 (proposed by tamiko; merged)
#15540: step-86: Use reasonable time stepping for a heat equation solver. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
And this is a list of recently opened or closed discussions:
#17327 Regression tester regressed 92d78b (opened)
#17326 tests/numerics/nonlinear_solver_selector_01 segfaults on regression tester (opened)
#17325 Regression tester regressed 907003 (opened and closed)
#17322 Regression tester regressed 7669ca (opened and closed)
#17321 Regression tester regressed 76d944 (opened)
#17318 Fix Lazy's approach to tasking. (opened)
#17317 Fix blocking and recursive task calls in FE_DGQ (and perhaps other finite element classes). (opened)
#17312 Regression tester regressed 197c82 (opened and closed)
#17309 Need to check for Ifpack2 availability. (opened)
#17305 dealii package in homebrew (opened)
#17304 deal.II implementation of contact (2D, friction, large sliding, multi-body, deformable/rigid) (opened and closed)
#17302 Regression tester regressed 8f9c4d (opened)
#17300 Regression tester regressed 93dea5 (opened and closed)
#17299 Serialization of sequential Triangulation should also serialize cell-attached data. (opened)
#17291 ToDo (v9.7) : Tpetra Wrappers with Kokkos OpenMP Node (opened)
#17286 Regression tester regressed c96d55 (opened and closed)
#17281 remove maxversion limitation for PETSc? (opened and closed)
#17271 Regression tester regressed 989934 (opened and closed)
#17270 Parallel serialization tutorial. (opened)
#17269 Regression tester regressed b3ae08 (opened and closed)
#17265 Regression tester regressed c06da1 (opened and closed)
#17263 Regression tester regressed edd46a (closed)
#17213 State of Regression Tester (closed)
#17180 Rename callbacks in PETScWrappers::TimeStepper. (closed)
#17120 Deprecate and remove `PathSearch` class (closed)
#17118 Error in `multigrid-global-coarsening/multigrid_util.h` (closed)
#16999 Regression tester regressed 10eeb3 (closed)
#16901 `MappingManifold` does not support `update_hessians` and similar higher order mappings (closed)
#16772 Tetrahedral refinement and FiniteElement::prolongation/restriction. (closed)
#16722 IntelLLVM cannot handle DEAL_II_RESTRICT keyword: internal compiler error in clang fronted (closed)
#16535 Modules page disappears in online doc (closed)
#16493 Audit and fix missing codimension-one instantiations (closed)
#15873 Performance regression: Intel GDS mitigation (aka Downfall) (closed)
#15016 Test tutorials (closed)
#14968 Improve performance of setup of `MGTwoLevelTransfer`/`MGTransferGlobalCoarsening` (closed)
#14641 Kokkos with openmp support: random test failures due to failed kokkos initialization (closed)
#13623 Triangulation::has_hanging_nodes() logic is wrong in case of anisotropic refinement (closed)
#12774 Trilinos: use Tpetra without enabling Epetra (closed)
#6255 Consistent parallel AffineConstraints (closed)
#4081 Bug/Design flaw: FEFieldFunction: _list function in parallel (closed)
#745 Future interfaces to vectors from other libraries (closed)
#334 Improve storage of AffineConstraints (closed)
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