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Repository : https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect

On branch  : master
Link       : https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/compare/d8bdef0ba76855cb900fb83d7dd9b6c356992a3a...ab7bdf9cd5ef6a221f463e9d59a32906004bf0df

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commit 4d205a275e1c09643517385e7713a95b8c2f00f9
Author: Timo Heister <timo.heister at gmail.com>
Date:   Fri Jan 23 15:06:23 2015 -0500

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        dealii at googlegroups.com
 
 
+Announcement for 1.2 (January 23rd, 2015)
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+We are pleased to announce the release of ASPECT 1.2. ASPECT is the Advanced
+Solver for Problems in Earth's ConvecTion. It uses modern numerical methods such
+as adaptive mesh refinement, multigrid, and a modular software design to
+provide a fast, flexible and extensible mantle convection solver. ASPECT is
+available from
+
+                   http://aspect.dealii.org/
+
+This release includes the following changes:
+- manifolds to have truly concentric shells without distorted cells
+- linear solver improvements which give up to 2x speedup
+- boundary names like "top" instead of numbers are now supported in input files
+- new example: free surface computation with a crust as a stagnant lid
+- new: benchmarks proposed by Davies et al. and Burstedde et al.
+- new initial condition: S40RTS perturbation based on shear wave data
+- fixes to minimum/maximum refinement plugins
+- better error messages when linear solvers fail
+- various other fixes (direct solver, file output, checkpointing, etc.)
+
+Wolfgang Bangerth, Timo Heister, and many other contributors.
+
+
+
 Announcement for 1.1 (June 1st, 2014)
 ---------------------
 We are pleased to announce the release of ASPECT 1.1. ASPECT is the Advanced