Add a version of MPI_InitFinalize that adaptively determines the number of threads.
Rewrite following the discussion on the pull request.
Remove now outdated changelog entry.
Merge pull request #146 from bangerth/rework-mpi-initialization

Add a version of MPI_InitFinalize that adaptively determines the number of threads
Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/master'
Minor cleanups.

Specifically: Make the FiniteElement::clone() function public, as it is of
general use. Also: Move several member variables from private to protected
as these are generally variables that derived classes are supposed to
initialize; this allows to remove rather random friend declarations for
these derived classes.
Merge pull request #152 from bangerth/cleanups

Minor cleanups. Make the FiniteElement::clone() function public, as it is of
general use. Also: Move several member variables from private to protected
as these are generally variables that derived classes are supposed to
initialize; this allows to remove rather random friend declarations for
these derived classes.
Merge pull request #155 from koecher/PR-Update-Step-20

Updated Documentation for step 20.
Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/master'