1.1.1 Beta v9

We are pleased to announce the 9th beta version of 1.1.1 stable release of vt.

Here is the list of issues and PRs that are included in this release:

• #1672: Implement the total work LB algorithm in TemperedLB by @cz4rs in #1695
• #1715 allow labels on object groups and collections by @jstrzebonski in #1754
• #1803 Concatenate compilation reports into one PR comment by @jstrzebonski in #1834
• #1807: use gtest 1.11.0 by @stmcgovern in #1824
• #1839: use unsigned types for left shifts in BitPacker by @nmm0 in #1840
• #1844: CI: remove extended pipelines, fix generation by @lifflander in #1846
• #1845: bundled fmt library can conflict with fmt installed in the same prefix by @nmm0 in #1847
• #1544: Implement default_map for indices with more than 3 dimensions by @JacobDomagala in #1730
• #1853 This adds the CTestConfiguration.ini file from the VT project by @prwolfe in #1854
• #1835: fix remaining issues in RawData::getModeledComm by @cz4rs in #1842
• #1856 rename cdash config file by @nlslatt in #1857
• #1850: allow setting dir where lb statistics are dumped by @nlslatt in #1851
• #1563: cmake: enable MPI guards by default regardless of build by @lifflander in #1866
• #1763 build only ready prs by @jstrzebonski in #1785
• #1856: This adds a script to run the build and test using cmake by @prwolfe in #1858
• #1869 Avoid testing when gitlab CI build fails by @nlslatt in #1870
• #1871: Create 1.1.1 beta v9 release candidate by @cz4rs in #1872

Full Changelog: 1.1.1-beta.8...1.1.1-beta.9