diff --git a/contrib/release/release-tasklist.md b/contrib/release/release-tasklist.md index 7ed41bf34e9..5e997f1be9b 100644 --- a/contrib/release/release-tasklist.md +++ b/contrib/release/release-tasklist.md @@ -198,6 +198,118 @@ and the links are working ## List of prior release notes +Announcement for 3.0.0 (Nov 6, 2024) +----------------------------------------- +We are pleased to announce the release of ASPECT 3.0.0. ASPECT is the Advanced +Solver for Planetary Evolution, Convection, and Tectonics. It uses modern +numerical methods such as adaptive mesh refinement, multigrid solvers, and +a modular software design to provide a fast, flexible, and extensible mantle +convection solver. ASPECT is available from + + https://aspect.geodynamics.org/ + +and the release is available from + + https://geodynamics.org/resources/aspect + +and + + https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/releases/tag/v3.0.0 + +Among others this release includes the following significant changes: + +- ASPECT has been renamed from "Advanced Solver for Problems in Earth's + ConvecTion" to "Advanced Solver for Planetary Evolution, Convection, and + Tectonics" to reflect that the scope of ASPECT has grown beyond mantle + convection. + (Timo Heister on behalf of all maintainers) + +- ASPECT now includes version 1.0.0 of the Geodynamic World Builder and no + longer supports World Builder versions older than 0.5.0. + (Menno Fraters and other contributors) + +- ASPECT can now be coupled to the landscape evolution code FastScape to deform + the surface through erosion and sediment deposition. Solution variables can + now also be output on the surface mesh of the model domain. + (Derek Neuharth, Anne Glerum) + +- ASPECT can now compute crystal-preferred orientation of mineral fabrics. + DREX-like calculations are used to compute anisotropy tensors and + distributions of mineral orientations. + (Menno Fraters, Xiaochuan Tian) + +- A sea level postprocessor for glacial isostatic adjustment modeling has been + added. It computes the sea level based on the free surface topography, ocean + basin, ice thickness, and perturbed gravitational potential. + (Maaike Weerdesteijn, John Naliboff) + +- There is now a new material model that is designed to advect fluids and + compute fluid release and absorption based on different models for fluid-rock + interaction. New melt-rock interactions have been added. + (Daniel Douglas, Juliane Dannberg, Grant Block, John Naliboff) + +- ASPECT now requires deal.II 9.5 or newer. ASPECT is also compatible with + deal.II 9.6, including new features and performance improvements. + (Rene Gassmoeller, Timo Heister) + +- ASPECT now by default builds a debug and an optimized (release) version of + the executable in the same build directory. + (Rene Gassmoeller, Wolfgang Bangerth, Timo Heister) + +- ASPECT now has a Visual Studio Code extension, which provides syntax + highlighting and auto-completion for input parameter files. The old + Parameter GUI has been removed as it was no longer maintained. + (Zhikui Guo, Timo Heister, Rene Gassmoeller) + +- ASPECT now supports compositional fields with different discretizations + (continuous or discontinuous) and different polynomial degrees in the same + model. Compositional fields can now be solved using a different list of + assemblers for each field, effectively allowing to add additional terms to + each advection equation. + (Timo Heister, Juliane Dannberg) + +- ASPECT now outputs the physical units of quantities into .pvtu files. + (Wolfgang Bangerth) + +- The geometric multigrid (GMG) solver described in Clevenger and Heister, + 2021, has become ASPECT's new default Stokes solver. The previous algebraic + multigrid (AMG) option is still available. + (Conrad Clevenger, Jiaqi Zhang, Timo Heister, Rene Gassmoeller) + +- ASPECT now utilizes solvers for ordinary differential equations from the + SUNDIALS ARKODE library for grain-size evolution and other purposes. + (Juliane Dannberg, Wolfgang Bangerth, Bob Myhill, Rene Gassmoeller) + +- All ASPECT plugin classes and plugin systems are now derived from common base + classes. This unifies class interfaces across plugin systems and allows for + removal of duplicate code and documentation. + (Wolfgang Bangerth) + +- The particle subsystem has been overhauled. Most particle parameters have + moved. Multiple particle systems (with different properties) can be active + in the same model. Existing input files can be updated with the update + scripts. + (Rene Gassmoeller, Menno Fraters, Timo Heister) + +- 15 new cookbooks and benchmark cases have been added. + (Many authors, see link below) + +- Many deprecated input options and source code functions have been removed. + Many bugs and inconsistencies have been fixed. + (Many authors, see link below). + +A complete list of all changes and their authors can be found at + https://aspect.geodynamics.org/doc/doxygen/changes_between_2_85_80_and_3_80_80.html + +We are thankful for all feature and model contributions, code reviews, +forum posts, bug reports, and general help provided by members of our +community. Your contributions have helped make ASPECT what is it today. + +Wolfgang Bangerth, Juliane Dannberg, Menno Fraters, Rene Gassmoeller, +Anne Glerum, Timo Heister, Bob Myhill, John Naliboff, Cedric Thieulot, +and many other contributors. + + Announcement for 2.5.0 (July 8, 2023) ----------------------------------------- We are pleased to announce the release of ASPECT 2.5.0. ASPECT is the Advanced