v5.0.0

What's Changed

• Parse params by @bendudson in #1706
• More expressions "improvements" by @bendudson in #1764
• Fix some issues in hypnotoad by @friva000 in #1783
• Add macro for Scorep instrumentation of a user-defined code region by @JosephThomasParker in #1784
• Merge v4.3.0 into next by @ZedThree in #1826
• Bump version in next to 5.0.0-alpha by @ZedThree in #1827
• Require C++14 by @ZedThree in #1830
• Get latest versions of submodules by @ZedThree in #1831
• Fix various warnings by @ZedThree in #1832
• Include all boundary cells in GlobalNy by @johnomotani in #1829
• Fix typo in initialisation of rgn_outer_x by @AdamD94 in #1837
• Petsc interface by @cmacmackin in #1805
• Remove deprecated Laplacian API by @ZedThree in #1834
• Add remaining integrated tests to CMake build by @ZedThree in #1833
• Rename Positon -> Context, simplify class, fix things by @bendudson in #1750
• Standardise factories by @ZedThree in #1842
• Allow user to override library option defaults by @johnomotani in #1773
• Fix PETSc Laplace tests by @ZedThree in #1859
• MPI wrapper class by @cmacmackin in #1808
• Add fmtlib locale corrections by @bendudson in #1866
• Use {fmt} for all string formatting by @ZedThree in #1847
• CMake: fix FindSlepc for non-make generators by @ZedThree in #1881
• Fixes for Windows by @ZedThree in #1874
• FieldGenerate refactor by @dschwoerer in #1705
• Remove unused parameters to silence warnings in MsgStack by @ZedThree in #1887
• Generate report for Timers by @ZedThree in #1882
• Petsc interface generalisation by @cmacmackin in #1889
• Rename death tests according to gtest recommendations by @ZedThree in #1891
• Cmake fixes by @dschwoerer in #1909
• Macro for creating enum classes by @johnomotani in #1841
• Laplace performance test by @JosephThomasParker in #1908
• Implement toFieldAligned and fromFieldAligned for Vector3D by @johnomotani in #1877
• Add v5 upgrader scripts for XZInterpolation by @ZedThree in #1919
• Workaround for Petsc init/finialise not being idempotent by @ZedThree in #1922
• Fix segfaults from PvodeSolver by @johnomotani in #1926
• Implement BOUT_FOR for FV::div_f_v by @bshanahan in #1918
• XZInterpolation rename, and passing Options to XZInterpolation objects by @johnomotani in #1896
• Fixes for staggering in lapd-drift example by @johnomotani in #1925
• Various minor fixes for the sphinx docs by @ZedThree in #1935
• Minor Travis fixes and job names by @ZedThree in #1942
• Rely on latexmk in noninteractive mode by @dschwoerer in #1938
• use system library, if GIT_SUBMODULE=OFF by @dschwoerer in #1907
• ensure make clean cleans tests by @dschwoerer in #1738
• Ignore latexmk files by @dschwoerer in #1947
• Add Mesh::getRegion for use in generic code by @ZedThree in #1890
• MsgStack and PetscLib thread safety by @ZedThree in #1941
• Add ZInterpolation, ZHermiteSpline by @ZedThree in #1944
• Add full perpendicular Laplacian, inverse of LaplaceXY by @ZedThree in #1939
• Generate version header by @ZedThree in #1920
• Update staggered grids implementation in various examples by @johnomotani in #1954
• Add ShiftedMetricInterp: shifted metric using interpolation in Z by @ZedThree in #1946
• Set corner cells consistently by @johnomotani in #1885
• Exclude corner cells in LaplaceXY by @ZedThree in #1957
• Fix some missed fmt format strings by @ZedThree in #1943
• Fix possible data race in MsgStack::push() by @johnomotani in #1955
• Add extra region option for mixed derivatives by @ZedThree in #1936
• CMake: find package fixes by @ZedThree in #1912
• Pass method and region arguments to D2DXDY in Laplace(Field2D) by @johnomotani in #1961
• CMake: enable using external mpark.variant by @ZedThree in #1900
• Fix runtest for non-make generators by @ZedThree in #1952
• fix for running unit-test as root by @dschwoerer in #1959
• Field3d copy parallel slices by @ZedThree in #1960
• Fix typo in example/performance/communications by @johnomotani in #1963
• LaplaceXY: finite difference option by @johnomotani in #1789
• Add region argument to XZInterpolations by @ZedThree in #1962
• Algebraic multigrid by @cmacmackin in #1803
• Fix typo in Ubuntu 16.04 installation command by @bshanahan in #1964
• fix test-laplace-petsc3d by @dschwoerer in #1985
• Use custom main instead of PhysicsModel in test-communications by @johnomotani in #1983
• Merge v4.3.1 into next by @ZedThree in #1999
• Include smaller "fmt/core.h" by @ZedThree in #2001
• Fix --enabled-shared for configure by @dschwoerer in #1984
• Provide better error if fields are not compatible by @dschwoerer in #2012
• Ensure quiet script isn't too verbose on error by @dschwoerer in #2011
• fix requires in options-netcdf test by @dschwoerer in #2009
• Improve some error messages by @dschwoerer in #2005
• Ensure ffts are OpenMP thread safe by @dschwoerer in #2006
• pkg-config petsc (next) by @dschwoerer in #1914
• Minor fixes for elm-pb and python tools by @dschwoerer in #1958
• Run wrapper improvements by @dschwoerer in #2007
• Fix bug in configure when using dash as shell by @dschwoerer in #2016
• Fix formatting of 'Obtaining BOUT++' section heading by @johnomotani in #2015
• Remove MUMPS by @dschwoerer in #2018
• Update the staggered grids section of the manual by @johnomotani in #2028
• remove checklib dependency from unit tests by @dschwoerer in #2002
• Fix and unit tests for BOUT_ENUM_CLASS by @johnomotani in #2031
• Parallel tests by @dschwoerer in #2000
• filledFrom using lambda function by @bendudson in #2037
• Construct Option with initializer_list by @bendudson in #1772
• Allow PETSc options to be passed from BOUT.inp by @johnomotani in #1795
• Travis: add Fedora job by @dschwoerer in #2036
• Add location checks to Div_par_K_Grad_par by @bshanahan in #2038
• Minor optimizations for ZHermiteSpline by @johnomotani in #2035
• Add PhysicsModel::mesh/dump members by @ZedThree in #2042
• Improve generic factory docstring example by @bendudson in #2046
• Fix examples warnings by @ZedThree in #2045
• Use C++ style casts by @dschwoerer in #2048
• MMS test for ShiftedMetricInterp by @johnomotani in #2044
• Move compile-time feature macros to header by @ZedThree in #2027
• Adding an adaptive, arbitrary order, Adams-Bashforth solver by @d7919 in #1846
• Support multiple parallel slices in ShiftedMetricInterp by @johnomotani in #2049
• Revert name of legacy netCDF macro by @ZedThree in #2053
• Minor improvements and fixes to LaplaceIPT by @ZedThree in #2040
• Tighten set tolerance for LaplacePetsc3dAmg test by @ZedThree in #2051
• Without netcdf by @dschwoerer in #2004
• Add script for creating environment module files by @dschwoerer in #2019
• Enable staggered versions of SplitFluxDerivativeType by @johnomotani in #2060
• make error look nicer by @dschwoerer in #2056
• Fix typo in curvature section by @bshanahan in #2055
• outer loop with FieldAccess by @bendudson in #2063
• Allow to override packages in fedora rawhide by @dschwoerer in #2079
• always pull fedora from fedoras registry by @dschwoerer in #2080
• CI: Turn off patch coverage check by @ZedThree in #2074
• Correct Grad2_par2 implementation in InvertParCR by @johnomotani in #2071
• Minor optimization of cyclic InvertPar implementation by @johnomotani in #2070
• Link to xBOUT in the manual by @johnomotani in #2085
• Bump mpark.variant to latest version by @ZedThree in #2083
• Bump fmt version to latest master by @ZedThree in #2082
• Fix current Travis failures in next by @ZedThree in #2090
• auto-fix autoconf_build_defines.hxx.in by @dschwoerer in #2091
• Staggered grids in InvertPar by @johnomotani in #2087
• Copy changes from boututils/boutdata by @dschwoerer in #2101
• Fix some HDF5 related issues and add Mesh::getLocal{X,Y,Z}Index by @ZedThree in #2102
• Handle FieldPerps in Datafile::varAdded() and Datafile::varPtr() (next) by @johnomotani in #2095
• Suggestions for gnu build on Marconi by @johnomotani in #2111
• Fix links to open-mpi.org and lam-mpi.org by @tobyjamez in #2123
• CMake: Generate Field arithmetic operators by @dschwoerer in #2119
• Make example relocatable by @dschwoerer in #2126
• Add option to build all examples with CMake, plus some minor fixes by @ZedThree in #2021
• Call checkData() before returning result in Laplace inversions by @johnomotani in #2133
• Allow setting FFTW_EXHAUSTIVE by @johnomotani in #2131
• Fix a couple of typos in zoidberg.field.GEQDSK by @ZedThree in #2136
• Fix errors in tests/MMS/elm-pb by @johnomotani in #2137
• CMake: Add option to download and build netCDF C++ API by @ZedThree in #2138
• Update InvertPar factory call in some examples by @ZedThree in #2135
• Fix two issues with build_defines header by @ZedThree in #2130
• Relax security controls on Fedora test image by @ZedThree in #2146
• Add a clamp function to FieldFactory by @bendudson in #2147
• Check DataFile grid sizes match those in existing mesh by @ZedThree in #2145
• Merge v4.3.2 into next by @ZedThree in #2139
• Fix typo in showdata gif save by @bshanahan in #2161
• Fix shiftOutput by @johnomotani in #2157
• Migrate to GitHub Actions by @ZedThree in #2156
• Stringify BOUT_REVISION when passed as a define on the command line by @ZedThree in #2163
• Fix CMake config file following change to netCDF cmake module by @ZedThree in #2162
• I/O for std::vector and std::string by @johnomotani in #2153
• Add ability to use FieldPerp in Options by @ZedThree in #2152
• Docs: note more recent version of PETSc might work, but not guaranteed by @johnomotani in #2172
• Add boutconfig Python module with build configuration information by @dschwoerer in #2010
• Allow registering "unavailable" Factory options by @ZedThree in #2173
• Completely remove LaplaceShoot by @ZedThree in #2177
• Upgrade all examples to use PhysicsModel by @ZedThree in #2164
• Update IPT feature branch with code used in study by @JosephThomasParker in #2140
• CMake: Set PYTHONPATH for tests by @ZedThree in #2176
• Add back some missing Fields documentation (and clang-format) by @ZedThree in #2144
• Removing hypnotoad grid generator by @bendudson in #2184
• Allow descriptions of output variables; save some diagnostics for solvers by @johnomotani in #2064
• Conditionally show backtrace by @dschwoerer in #1974
• Print more useful message when monitor fails/signals to quit by @bendudson in #2084
• Iterative parallel tridiagonal solver by @JosephThomasParker in #2030
• Support location in Mesh::get() by @johnomotani in #2183
• Use MPI_C_BOOL type instead of C++ binding MPI::Bool by @johnomotani in #2187
• Add test-squash for CMake by @ZedThree in #2142
• Write descriptions for std::vector and std::string variables by @johnomotani in #2190
• Fix reading of char* in Ncxx4 by @johnomotani in #2188
• Use bout_type="string" for strings in H5Format by @johnomotani in #2193
• Fix test-squash by @ZedThree in #2197
• Simplify Coordinates in 3d metrics branch by @johnomotani in #2179
• Fix default file format when using legacy netcdf by @ZedThree in #2062
• Correct Laplacexz petsc implementation of g13 terms by @bendudson in #2204
• Removed bout_runners from repo, and redirected it to project site by @loeiten in #2202
• Minor FCI improvements by @ZedThree in #2201
• Replace boutdata and boututils directories with submodules by @johnomotani in #2196
• Next coordinates sigma y by @johnomotani in #2203
• Update note on zShift in grid-files section of manual by @johnomotani in #2211
• Remove HDF5 support by @johnomotani in #2208
• UUID for run_id by @johnomotani in #2192
• Fix bout-add-mod-path for Python 3.9 by @dschwoerer in #2221
• Docs: fix escaping by @dschwoerer in #2220
• Zoidberg changes by @dschwoerer in #2219
• Generate random run ID, track restarts by @bendudson in #2149
• Only use save_repeat_run_id for dump files by @johnomotani in #2223
• Canonicalise input files by @ZedThree in #2218
• Documentation for iterative parallel tridiagonal solver by @JosephThomasParker in #2215
• Update googletest by @ZedThree in #2228
• Update clang tidy review by @ZedThree in #2227
• Fix LaplacePetsc3dAmg by @johnomotani in #2237
• [GHA] black format everything automatically by @dschwoerer in #2235
• ny_inner label misleading in topology schematic by @johnomotani in #2234
• Rebase of boutcore improvements by @dschwoerer in #2232
• Save provenance tracking info from grid file by @johnomotani in #2230
• Remove the Karniadakis time solver by @ZedThree in #2241
• Remove include from uuid by @bendudson in #2243
• Bump clang-tidy-review by @ZedThree in #2244
• Laplace3d bugfix backport by @johnomotani in #2242
• Tidy up coordinate systems with explicit directions by @bendudson in #2165
• Tidy test-drift-instability by @ZedThree in #2240
• Set extra boundary cells in LaplaceXY2 and LaplaceXY2Hypre by @johnomotani in #2246
• Use zero for initial guess in test-laplace-petsc3d by @johnomotani in #2248
• Fixes and test for LaplaceXY2Hypre; runtime options for Hypre interface by @johnomotani in #2247
• Fix typos brackets->bracket in manual by @johnomotani in #2250
• Minor boutcore cleanup by @dschwoerer in #2251
• Correct Monitor documentation by @johnomotani in #2255
• Add "invert" timer to LaplaceHypre3d by @johnomotani in #2258
• Add "invert" timer to LaplacePetsc3dAmg by @johnomotani in #2259
• Make shifted paralleltransform message more helpful by @bendudson in #2256
• Set any extra boundary cells in LaplacePetsc3dAmg by @johnomotani in #2254
• Fix use of uninitialised value in Delp2 (next) by @johnomotani in #2264
• Set any extra boundary cells in LaplacePetsc3dAmg by @johnomotani in #2261
• Restrict region for toFieldAligned() in VDDY() when not staggered by @johnomotani in #2268
• Bump jinja2 from 2.10.1 to 2.11.3 by @j-b-o in #2271
• Fix segfault when creating LaplaceXZ without passing Options by @ZedThree in #2272
• Next CMake fixes by @bendudson in #2275
• Add Backward Euler solver (rebased) by @bendudson in #2239
• Fix some deprecation warnings in MsgStack by @ZedThree in #2276
• Return non-const should be preferred by @dschwoerer in #2269
• Improve documentation by @j-b-o in #2270
• Equation numbers in manual by @johnomotani in #2280
• Set all boundary cells in LaplaceXZ by @bshanahan in #2281
• Make conversion of Option to bool stricter by @johnomotani in #2282
• Update installation suggestions for Marconi/gnu by @johnomotani in #2299
• Faster recompile by @dschwoerer in #2294
• CVODE constraints and max_noinlinear_iterations options by @johnomotani in #2303
• CMake: Build documentation by @ZedThree in #2300
• Add Mesh method to get all possible boundary regions by @ZedThree in #2307
• Fix a couple of documentation issues by @ZedThree in #2308
• Add unit tests for BoutMesh::load by @ZedThree in #2245
• Fix more documentation issues by @ZedThree in #2310
• Add MMS tests to CMake build by @ZedThree in #2286
• Remove legacy Solver API by @ZedThree in #2285
• Refactor FieldData to be base class of Field by @ZedThree in #2313
• Fix memory leak of Coordinates in unit tests by @ZedThree in #2306
• CMake: Add coverage/sanitizers by @ZedThree in #2302
• Fix for FindPETSc not being reentrant if pkg-config used (next) by @ZedThree in #2318
• Autotools: Link against PETSc first to avoid unresolved symbols from parallel HDF5 by @dschwoerer in #2327
• Fix --enable-debug and --enable-checks by @dschwoerer in #2325
• Do not include inner corner cells in FCI by @dschwoerer in #2323
• [3D metric] Use Bxy.ydown() for div_a_laplace_perp by @bshanahan in #2312
• Fix make -q by @dschwoerer in #2322
• CMake: Ensure compilation date/time are updated with file changes by @ZedThree in #2301
• Add downloading dependencies to CMake install doc by @bendudson in #2332
• CMake: Add option to download SUNDIALS at configure time by @ZedThree in #2331
• Enable formatting of SpecificInd objects by @bendudson in #2297
• Parallel cyclic reduction by @JosephThomasParker in #2330
• CMake: Add separate configure-time option for MsgStack by @dschwoerer in #2309
• CMake: Add integration test for bout-config by @dschwoerer in #2334
• Make input Options case sensitive and error on unused Options by @ZedThree in #2210
• CMake: Fix a few minor issues, generate bout-config by @ZedThree in #2328
• Require Options to be exactly one of either a section or a value by @ZedThree in #2277
• Rename max_nonlinear_it to max_nonlinear_iterations by @johnomotani in #2338
• speedup test-invpar by @dschwoerer in #2344
• Fix for conditionally used boundary condition inputs in 'all' by @ZedThree in #2345
• Add fmt::formatter for Options by @ZedThree in #2341
• Correct descriptive text in coordinates section of manual by @johnomotani in #2329
• Parallel tests by @dschwoerer in #2343
• Convert ersatz MMS tests to use library MMS features by @ZedThree in #2348
• CMake rename PACKAGE_TESTS to BOUT_TESTS by @bendudson in #2347
• Delete integrated test of FieldFactory: replaced by unit tests by @ZedThree in #2349
• CMake: Build Python API by @dschwoerer in #2298
• Fixing up 6field-simple example in next by @bendudson in #2346
• Bump boutdata, boututils versions by @ZedThree in #2335
• CI: Apply black to python files in src by @dschwoerer in #2352
• Testing of Coordinates by @bendudson in #2167
• [3D metric] Ensure boundaries are valid by @dschwoerer in #2326
• Make submodules improvements by @dschwoerer in #2353
• Fix test_coordinates by @dschwoerer in #2357
• Update documentation for ctest and Github Actions by @dschwoerer in #2366
• CMake: Add SOVERSION; fix FindSUNDIALS by @dschwoerer in #2358
• Fix for compiling without FFTW by @ZedThree in #2371
• 3D metrics by @dschwoerer in #2025
• Bug fixes for imex-bdf2 solver by @bendudson in #2372
• 3D fixes for the python interface by @dschwoerer in #2374
• Remove exessive debugging statements by @dschwoerer in #2376
• Build BOUT++ on RTD by @dschwoerer in #2368
• Convert python interface to jinja2 by @dschwoerer in #2351
• Add missing 3D metric build config flag to output by @ZedThree in #2403
• Ensure MPI is initialised before writing by @dschwoerer in #2410
• Merge v4.4.0 release into next by @ZedThree in #2396
• Configuration on Cori with nvcc by @bendudson in #2413
• Work on elm-pb for RAJA by @bendudson in #2414
• Note in manual that pip and conda can get the most recent cmake by @johnomotani in #2412
• Fix BOUT_OVERRIDE_DEFAULT_OPTION() (next) by @johnomotani in #2418
• Add notes on installing SUNDIALS (next) by @johnomotani in #2421
• Work on elm-pb-outerloop for RAJA by @bendudson in #2423
• Change RAJA/Umpire/CUDA defines by @bendudson in #2422
• Starting new CoordinatesAccessor design by @bendudson in #2426
• Fix INVERT_BNDARY_ONE case for PCR solver by @JosephThomasParker in #2375
• Merge Array with/without Umpire by @bendudson in #2427
• Set CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE default to RelWithDebInfo by @bendudson in #2428
• Attempt to simplify RAJA loops by @bendudson in #2430
• LaplaceHypre3d statistics output by @johnomotani in #2260
• Improve comments for Mesh functions by @bendudson in #2434
• Update nonlocal.rst by @pcphp in #2436
• ctest parallel by @dschwoerer in #2367
• Ignore test artifacts by @dschwoerer in #2447
• Only check error if function is called by @dschwoerer in #2444
• Boutcore improvements by @dschwoerer in #2445
• Do be quite without -s by @dschwoerer in #2440
• Ensure 3D FCI derivatives use valid boundaries by @dschwoerer in #2446
• bout-add-mod-path: Add support for out-of-source builds by @dschwoerer in #2442
• Add timeout to GHA by @dschwoerer in #2449
• Some cmake fixes by @dschwoerer in #2441
• add parallel boundaries to boutcore by @dschwoerer in #2448
• CMake examples targets by @bendudson in #2429
• Fixes for compilation on Mac / Darwin by @bendudson in #2450
• Small CMake changes for MacOS by @bendudson in #2455
• Coordinate transform for manual by @bendudson in #2453
• Avoid exception in Options when parsing string to Field by @dschwoerer in #2457
• Update testing shields by @dschwoerer in #2458
• Fix hypre test by @jonesholger in #2431
• cyclic reduction solver documentation by @bendudson in #2296
• Introduces changes from next by @dschwoerer in #2460
• Raise more descriptive error if converting Option fails by @ZedThree in #2469
• Replace 'config' directory with submodule by @ZedThree in #2465
• Improve documentation on curvilinear differentiation by @dschwoerer in #2477
• Bump fmt to 8.1.0; fix implicit cast of enum class to int by @ZedThree in #2482
• Simplify specifying factory creator arguments by @ZedThree in #2481
• Command-line help for input options for factory created types by @ZedThree in #2483
• Fix ambiguous variant use by @bendudson in #2485
• Cache Coordinates::zlength() result by @ZedThree in #2471
• beuler solver additions by @bendudson in #2489
• Merge 4.4.1 into next by @ZedThree in #2488
• Add matrix coloring to beuler solver (and fix imexbdf2) by @bendudson in #2454
• Merge next into outerloop PR by @ZedThree in #2498
• Make beuler/snes solver quieter by default by @bendudson in #2500
• Remove zoidberg by @dschwoerer in #2505
• Update PETSc docs by @dschwoerer in #2504
• xgettext fixes by @dschwoerer in #2507
• Fix NLS detection by @dschwoerer in #2509
• Ensure all files get formatted by @dschwoerer in #2515
• use git submodule for cloning on RTD by @dschwoerer in #2506
• ensure zoidberg is installed for documentation by @dschwoerer in #2519
• find python based on path by @dschwoerer in #2518
• Check the bout++Config.cmake file is working by @dschwoerer in #2513
• Merge next into outerloop by @dschwoerer in #2520
• Various fixes and updates for CI by @ZedThree in #2497
• Add backports and shims for SUNDIALS 6 by @ZedThree in #2521
• Add support for SUNDIALS 6 by @dschwoerer in #2517
• Improve petsc documentation by @dschwoerer in #2522
• Use localmesh not m in LaplaceXZ constructor by @bendudson in #2528
• Do not document mpich from source by @dschwoerer in #2523
• Do not require mpi to be runnable by @dschwoerer in #2532
• Update outer boundaries in PETSc 3D solver by @bendudson in #2496
• Bump clang-tidy-review version (next) by @ZedThree in #2539
• Backport a few CI fixes by @ZedThree in #2538
• Add missing entries for snb.hxx/snb.cxx to CMakeLists.txt by @johnomotani in #2537
• Rename FV::Div_a_Grad_perp to FV::Div_a_Grad_perp by @dschwoerer in #2536
• Fix some issues with parallel BCs by @dschwoerer in #2540
• Only destroy MatP in LaplaceXZ if it exists by @dschwoerer in #2541
• Fix hist_hi and iteration outputs by @johnomotani in #2534
• Output BoutException.what() in PhysicsModel main() by @bendudson in #2546
• Outerloop suggestions - resolve merge conflicts by @dschwoerer in #2525
• More cori nvcc fixes by @bendudson in #2547
• Outerloop suggestions by @ZedThree in #2495
• CI: Fix for git complaining about directory owned by someone else by @ZedThree in #2550
• Fix off-by-one error in iteration counter by @johnomotani in #2549
• Laplacexy2 modifications by @bendudson in #2551
• Hypre, outerloop & CUDA changes by @bendudson in #2397
• Move Solver input options into constructor by @ZedThree in #2484
• Use MPI_COMM_NULL rather than nullptr by @bendudson in #2560
• CI: Fixes for clang-tidy-review by @ZedThree in #2562
• Print whether an option was marked as conditionally used by @dschwoerer in #2542
• Fix typo in comments explaining algorithm of LaplaceNaulin by @johnomotani in #2545
• Remove most deprecated declarations by @ZedThree in #2291
• Add PCR Thomas Laplacian inversion solver by @JosephThomasParker in #2340
• Improve CMake docs by @ZedThree in #2564
• Remove LaplacePDD implementation by @ZedThree in #2567
• Fully remove deprecated Field3D.background by @ZedThree in #2565
• Change unbalanced brackets check by @bendudson in #2571
• Correct and add missing info to docs for x/y/z values in input file expressions by @johnomotani in #2578
• Add requires for FFTW to tests by @dschwoerer in #2579
• Remove two unused private ShiftedMetric::shiftz overloads by @ZedThree in #2566
• Add deprecation warning to configure by @ZedThree in #2582
• Documentation fixes by @bendudson in #2585
• Remove references to Travis in CI scripts by @dschwoerer in #2588
• Replace DataFile/Dataformat with OptionsNetCDF by @ZedThree in #2209
• Set width for tables by @dschwoerer in #2592
• Insert Options attributes with initializer_list by @bendudson in #2598
• Better versioning for BOUT++ by @dschwoerer in #2595
• Add instructions for MPCDF clusters by @dschwoerer in #2305
• Improve boutpp compatibility with numpy by @dschwoerer in #2589
• CI: Fix black workflow by @ZedThree in #2603
• Ignore hist_hi which is reset upon restart by @dschwoerer in #2606
• Ensure FCI test only runs if we have zoidberg by @dschwoerer in #2607
• cmake install fixes by @dschwoerer in #2596
• Clang format everything by @ZedThree in #2605
• Upload boutpp to pypi by @dschwoerer in #2600
• Fix mkdir_p by @dschwoerer in #2611
• Fix input file expressions docs by @johnomotani in #2612
• Document parallel boundary conditions and 'aligned trasform' parallel derivatives by @johnomotani in #2533
• Fix shell script shebangs by @bendudson in #2625
• Fix FV operators in double null configurations by @bendudson in #2626
• Include used header array by @dschwoerer in #2627
• PeriodicX option in cyclic Laplace solver by @bendudson in #2557
• Document FV::Div_a_Grad_perp operator by @bendudson in #2613
• Fix SAVE_ONCE for Vector2/3D by @ZedThree in #2633
• Add tool to move headers under include/bout and fix #includes by @ZedThree in #2568
• Fix use of removed Datafile in Laplacian constructor; update docs by @ZedThree in #2636
• Workaround PETSc clobbering MPI functions with its macros by @ZedThree in #2637
• Provide overloaded virtual function also in derived class by @dschwoerer in #2653
• BOUT++ v5.0.0 release candidate by @ZedThree in #2604

New Contributors

• @friva000 made their first contribution in #1783
• @cmacmackin made their first contribution in #1805
• @pcphp made their first contribution in #2436
• @jonesholger made their first contribution in #2431

Full Changelog: v4.4.2...v5.0.0