deal.II Newsletter #362
Rene Gassmoeller
Hello everyone!
This is deal.II newsletter #362.
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:
#20107: DoFHandler: lazily initialize and deprecate BlockInfo. (proposed by drwells; merged)
#20105: step-104: Use a simpler vector operation (proposed by kronbichler; merged)
#20104: CMake cleanup: deprecate DEAL_II_FALLTHROUGH (proposed by tamiko; merged)
#20103: constexpr bitwise operators for `EvaluationFlags` (proposed by landinjm; merged)
#20102: CMake cleanup: remove some obsolete checks assuming an Ubuntu LTS 20.04 baseline (proposed by tamiko; merged)
#20101: CMake: work around a `ctest --launch` bug that eats our stdin (proposed by tamiko; merged)
#20100: Two minor adjustments to step-104 (proposed by kronbichler; merged)
#20099: parallel::shared::Triangulation: synchronize flags in prepare_coarsening_and_refinement() (proposed by tamiko; merged)
#20098: Optimize several ReferenceCell member functions. (proposed by drwells; merged)
#20097: Module support: also export MPI_BAND (proposed by tamiko; merged)
#20095: distributed::shared:Triangulation: fix mpi-parallel data_attach (proposed by tamiko)
#20094: CMake: clear cached Trilinos configuration variables that are used in config.h (proposed by tamiko; merged)
#20093: Set CTEST_USE_LAUNCHERS for CDash submission (proposed by masterleinad; merged)
#20092: Github: remove AI blurbb from pull_request_template.md (proposed by tamiko; merged)
#20091: Set flat manifold for uniform_channel_with_cylinder in 2d (proposed by arthurbawin; merged)
#20090: Remove code deprecated in 9.8 (proposed by masterleinad)
#20089: Remove code deprecated in the 9.7 release (proposed by masterleinad)
#20088: Changes to the 9.8 release changelog. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#20087: FiniteElement: make orientation functions available for inlining. (proposed by drwells; merged)
#20086: CMake Policy CMP0219. (proposed by marcfehling; merged)
#20085: gh-actions: Also build on resolute/26.04. (proposed by marcfehling; merged)
#20084: [9.8] Get changelog processing unstuck. (proposed by marcfehling; merged)
#20083: Get doxygen (and the 'indent' CI check) unstuck. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#20082: Remove remaining symbols deprecated in the 9.6 release (proposed by masterleinad; merged)
#20081: Reference the right function. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#20080: Fix a wrong word. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#20079: DEAL_II_DEPRECATED_EARLY -> DEAL_II_DEPRECATED (proposed by masterleinad; merged)
#20078: Require the current version of deal.II. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#20077: Micro-optimization: Don't create a temporary string. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#20076: [9.8] update AUTHORS.md and LICENSE.md (proposed by tamiko; merged)
#20075: [9.9] update VERSION (proposed by tamiko; merged)
#20074: Fix: newline bug in break_text_into_lines (proposed by tjhei; merged)
#20073: Updated summary of github actions workflows. (proposed by marcfehling; merged)
#20072: Fix a cmake function. Also better document it. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#20071: Use lower-case letters for cmake commands. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#20070: Create 9.8 changelog file. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#20069: Fix the format of a couple of changelog entries. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#20068: Fix remaining doxygen issues. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#20067: Fix a @ref statement. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#20066: step-104: update numerical results (proposed by tjhei; merged)
#20064: Build modules CI with clang 22. (proposed by marcfehling; merged)
#20063: join in on the effort of fixing the clang bug. (proposed by SanojKnalp)
#20062: Play with the ordering of some statements. (proposed by bangerth)
#20061: FEValues: invalidate the cell iterator whenever the Triangulation changes in any way. (proposed by drwells; merged)
#20060: Fix typo in documentation main page (proposed by ManikandanNishanth1605; merged)
#20059: FEValuesBase: replace std::visit with a switch statement. (proposed by drwells; merged)
#20058: TriaAccessor: make material_id() inline. (proposed by drwells; merged)
#20057: Portable::MatrixFree: add asserts (proposed by tjhei; merged)
#20056: Change signs for Stokes equation presented in step 31 and step 32 documentation. (proposed by quangx; merged)
#20055: Change sign for div free equation in step 104 documentation. (proposed by quangx; merged)
#20054: Add codimension-one support to FE_RaviartThomasNodal (proposed by jakobtkn)
#20053: Fix FEValuesViews::Vector for non-primitive elements on codim-1 meshes (proposed by jakobtkn)
#20052: Tpetra: Fix compiling step-50 tests (proposed by masterleinad; merged)
#20047: Require Epetra for step-33 (proposed by masterleinad; merged)
#20045: TriangulationDescription: store material ids of cells. (proposed by drwells; merged)
#20036: [9.9] Do not declare a function not needed. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#19998: Fix some issues with the Abaqus-to-UCD conversion, part 1. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#19985: Wedge dpo vector for arbitrary orders (proposed by dominiktassilostill; merged)
And this is a list of recently opened or closed discussions:
#20106 Use gersemi to format CMake? (opened)
#20096 Performance regression when converting from Epetra -> Tpetra in matrix assembly (opened)
#20065 Support OpenCASCADE 8.0.0 (opened)
#20013 CI linux / noble clang-23 modules currently failing (closed)
#20008 Fix preconditioner setup in code-gallery/two_phase_flow/MultiPhase. (closed)
#19254 Make deal.II fit for refinement of cells with 10 children. (closed)
#19170 Support for Isotropic Refinement of Wedges and Pyramids (closed)
#5359 parallel::shared::Triangulation should exchange refinement flags (closed)
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