From: Timo Heister <timo.heister@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 31 May 2020 12:55:55 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: threading changelog entry
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threading changelog entry
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+New: The multithreading framework in the library has been completely revamped:
+Intel TBB has been replaced by cpp-taskflow, which is bundled within the
+library. Multithreading support is now unconditionally enabled and we removed
+the CMake option DEAL_II_WITH_THREADS. The tasking framework can be controlled
+using MultithreadInfo and the DEAL_II_NUM_THREADS environment variable.
+<br>
+(Wolfgang Bangerth, Timo Heister, Matthias Maier, 2020/05/25)