[petsc-announce] PETSc 3.9 release

[Smith, Barry F.]

  PETSc users

We are pleased to announce the release of PETSc version 3.9 at http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc

The major changes and updates can be found at http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/documentation/changes/39.html

We recommend upgrading to PETSc 3.9 soon (the sooner you switch the more we can help you with the switch).

 As always, please report problems to  petsc-maint at mcs.anl.gov and ask questions at petsc-users at mcs.anl.gov

This release includes contributions from

Adrian Croucher
Alejandro Lamas Daviña
Alp Dener
Barry Smith
Bernhard M. Wiedemann
Blaise Bourdin
Daniel Kokron
Dave May
David Wobrock
eaulisa
Fande Kong
Hong Zhang
Hong Zhang
Jakub Kruzik
Jed Brown
Jose E. Roman
Junchao Zhang
Karl Rupp
Lawrence Mitchell
Lisandro Dalcin
Mari Pecha
Mark Adams
Mark Lohry
Matthew G. Knepley
Nicolas Barral
Oana Marin
Patrick Sanan
Pieter Ghysels
Richard Tran Mills
Satish Balay
Scott Kruger
Shri Abhyankar
Siegfried Cools
Stefano Zampini
Thomas Mijieux
Toby Isaac
Todd Munson
Tristan Konolige
Václav Hapla

and bug reports/patches/proposed improvements received from 

Adrian Croucher
Albert Cowie
"Alberto F. Martín"
Alp Dener
Antonio Trande
apostol
Barry Smith
"Charles A.(Sandy) Mader"
Daniele Tartarini
Danyang Su
Drew Parsons
Ed Bueler
Eric Chamberland
Eugenio Aulisa
Evan Um
Fabrice JURADO
Fadi El Haddad
Fande Kong
Febrian Setianto
Florian Lindner
Franck Houssen
Francois Pechereau
Garth N. Wells
GONG Ding
Greg Meyer
Henrik Buesing
Hong Zhang
Hong Zhang
ilya
Jaroslaw Piwonski
Jean Philippe François
Jed Brown
Jin Chen
Jørgen Dokken
Jose E. Roman
Karl Rupp
Keith Lindsay
"Klaij, Christiaan"
Lawrence Mitchell
Lisandro Dalcin
Manav Bhatia
Marco Schauer
Marius Buerkle
Mark Adams
Martin Diehl
Matthew Knepley
Matthieu Vitse
Michael Leguèbe
"Miller, Laniece E."
Oana Marin
Pablo Brubeck
Patrick Farrell
Patrick Sanan
Peter Meisrimel
Philip Eisenlohr
Pierre Jolivet
Praveen C
Rafael Monteiro da Silva
Randall Mackie
Randy Michael Churchill
Richard Tran Mills
Roland Richter
Samuel Lanthaler
Sanjay Govindjee
Satish Balay
Serge Van Criekingen
Stefano Zampini
Stephan Kramer
Syam Vangara
Tim Steinhoff
Tobias Goerler
Todd Munson
Tzanio Kolev
Victor Eijkhout
Vinh Pham-Xuan
Xiangdong
Xiaoye S. Li
Yiting  Wang

As always, thanks for your support,

 Barry