Release notes for 0.15.1 (#3340)

Co-authored-by: Patrick Shriwise <pshriwise@gmail.com>

Author: paulromano

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ openmc@anl.gov.
 ## Resources
 
 - [GitHub Repository](https://github.com/openmc-dev/openmc)
-- [Documentation](http://docs.openmc.org/en/latest)
+- [Documentation](https://docs.openmc.org/en/latest)
 - [Discussion Forum](https://openmc.discourse.group)
 - [Slack Community](https://openmc.slack.com/signup) (If you don't see your
   domain listed, contact openmc@anl.gov)

docs/source/devguide/docker.rst

@@ -45,12 +45,11 @@ Now you can run the following to create a `Docker container`_ called
 This command will open an interactive shell running from within the
 Docker container where you have access to use OpenMC.
 
-.. note:: The ``docker run`` command supports many
-          `options <https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/run/>`_
+.. note:: The ``docker run`` command supports many options_
           for spawning containers -- including `mounting volumes`_ from the
           host filesystem -- which many users will find useful.
 
-.. _Docker image: https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/images/
+.. _Docker image: https://docs.docker.com/get-started/docker-concepts/the-basics/what-is-an-image/
 .. _Docker container: https://www.docker.com/resources/what-container
-.. _options: https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/run/
-.. _mounting volumes: https://docs.docker.com/storage/volumes/
+.. _options: https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/container/run/
+.. _mounting volumes: https://docs.docker.com/engine/storage/volumes/

docs/source/devguide/styleguide.rst

@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ is more difficult to comment out a large section of code that uses C-style
 comments.)
 
 Do not use C-style casting. Always use the C++-style casts ``static_cast``,
-``const_cast``, or ``reinterpret_cast``. (See `ES.49 <http://isocpp.github.io/CppCoreGuidelines/CppCoreGuidelines#es49-if-you-must-use-a-cast-use-a-named-cast>`_)
+``const_cast``, or ``reinterpret_cast``. (See `ES.49
+<https://isocpp.github.io/CppCoreGuidelines/CppCoreGuidelines#es49-if-you-must-use-a-cast-use-a-named-cast>`_)
 
 Source Files
 ------------
@@ -156,11 +157,11 @@ Prefer pathlib_ when working with filesystem paths over functions in the os_
 module or other standard-library modules. Functions that accept arguments that
 represent a filesystem path should work with both strings and Path_ objects.
 
-.. _C++ Core Guidelines: http://isocpp.github.io/CppCoreGuidelines/CppCoreGuidelines
-.. _PEP8: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/
+.. _C++ Core Guidelines: https://isocpp.github.io/CppCoreGuidelines/CppCoreGuidelines
+.. _PEP8: https://peps.python.org/pep-0008/
 .. _numpydoc: https://numpydoc.readthedocs.io/en/latest/format.html
 .. _numpy: https://numpy.org/
-.. _scipy: https://www.scipy.org/
+.. _scipy: https://scipy.org/
 .. _matplotlib: https://matplotlib.org/
 .. _pandas: https://pandas.pydata.org/
 .. _h5py: https://www.h5py.org/

docs/source/devguide/user-input.rst

@@ -55,6 +55,6 @@ developer or send a message to the `developers mailing list`_.
 
 
 .. _property attribute: https://docs.python.org/3.6/library/functions.html#property
-.. _XML Schema Part 2: http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/
-.. _boolean: http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/#boolean
+.. _XML Schema Part 2: https://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/
+.. _boolean: https://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/#boolean
 .. _developers mailing list: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!forum/openmc-dev

docs/source/devguide/workflow.rst

@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ can interfere with virtual environments.
 .. _git: https://git-scm.com/
 .. _GitHub: https://github.com/
 .. _git flow: https://nvie.com/git-model
-.. _valgrind: https://www.valgrind.org/
+.. _valgrind: https://valgrind.org/
 .. _style guide: https://docs.openmc.org/en/latest/devguide/styleguide.html
 .. _pull request: https://docs.github.com/en/github/collaborating-with-issues-and-pull-requests/about-pull-requests
 .. _openmc-dev/openmc: https://github.com/openmc-dev/openmc

docs/source/methods/cross_sections.rst

@@ -295,8 +295,8 @@ or even isotropic scattering.
 .. _Josey: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2015.08.013
 .. _WMP Library: https://github.com/mit-crpg/WMP_Library
 .. _MCNP: https://mcnp.lanl.gov
-.. _Serpent: https://serpent.vtt.fi/serpent/
-.. _NJOY: https://www.njoy21.io/NJOY21/
+.. _Serpent: https://serpent.vtt.fi
+.. _NJOY: https://www.njoy21.io/
 .. _ENDF/B data: https://www.nndc.bnl.gov/endf-b8.0/
 .. _Leppanen: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2009.03.019
 .. _algorithms: http://ab-initio.mit.edu/faddeeva/

docs/source/methods/depletion.rst

@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ The predictor method only requires one evaluation and its error converges as
 twice as expensive as the predictor method, but achieves an error of
 :math:`\mathcal{O}(h^2)`. An exhaustive description of time integration methods
 and their merits can be found in the `thesis of Colin Josey
-<http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582>`_.
+<https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582>`_.
 
 OpenMC does not rely on a single time integration method but rather has several
 classes that implement different algorithms. For example, the

docs/source/methods/geometry.rst

@@ -1066,5 +1066,5 @@ surface is known as in :ref:`reflection`.
 .. _constructive solid geometry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructive_solid_geometry
 .. _surfaces: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface
 .. _MCNP: https://mcnp.lanl.gov
-.. _Serpent: https://serpent.vtt.fi/serpent/
+.. _Serpent: https://serpent.vtt.fi
 .. _Monte Carlo Performance benchmark: https://github.com/mit-crpg/benchmarks/tree/master/mc-performance/openmc

docs/source/methods/neutron_physics.rst

@@ -1743,26 +1743,24 @@ types.
 
 .. _Watt fission spectrum: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.87.1037
 
-.. _Foderaro: http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/1716
+.. _Foderaro: https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/1716
 
 .. _OECD: https://www.oecd-nea.org/tools/abstract/detail/NEA-1792
 
 .. _NJOY: https://www.njoy21.io/NJOY2016/
 
-.. _PREPRO: https://www-nds.iaea.org/ndspub/endf/prepro/
+.. _PREPRO: https://www-nds.iaea.org/public/endf/prepro/
 
 .. _ENDF-6 Format: https://www.oecd-nea.org/dbdata/data/manual-endf/endf102.pdf
 
-.. _Monte Carlo Sampler: https://permalink.lanl.gov/object/tr?what=info:lanl-repo/lareport/LA-09721-MS
+.. _Monte Carlo Sampler: https://mcnp.lanl.gov/pdf_files/TechReport_1983_LANL_LA-9721-MS_EverettCashwell.pdf
 
-.. _LA-UR-14-27694: https://permalink.lanl.gov/object/tr?what=info:lanl-repo/lareport/LA-UR-14-27694
+.. _LA-UR-14-27694: https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1159204
 
 .. _MC21: https://www.osti.gov/biblio/903083
 
 .. _Romano: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2014.11.001
 
 .. _Sutton and Brown: https://www.osti.gov/biblio/307911
 
-.. _lectures: https://laws.lanl.gov/vhosts/mcnp.lanl.gov/pdf_files/la-ur-05-4983.pdf
-
-.. _MCNP Manual: https://laws.lanl.gov/vhosts/mcnp.lanl.gov/pdf_files/la-ur-03-1987.pdf
+.. _lectures: https://mcnp.lanl.gov/pdf_files/TechReport_2005_LANL_LA-UR-05-4983_Brown.pdf

docs/source/methods/parallelization.rst

@@ -609,17 +609,17 @@ is actually independent of the number of nodes:
 
 .. _first paper: https://doi.org/10.2307/2280232
 
-.. _work of Forrest Brown: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/24996
+.. _work of Forrest Brown: https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/24996
 
 .. _Brissenden and Garlick: https://doi.org/10.1016/0306-4549(86)90095-2
 
-.. _MPICH: http://www.mpich.org
+.. _MPICH: https://www.mpich.org
 
 .. _binomial tree: https://www.mcs.anl.gov/~thakur/papers/ijhpca-coll.pdf
 
 .. _Geary: https://doi.org/10.2307/2342070
 
-.. _Barnett: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.51.7772
+.. _Barnett: https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.51.7772
 
 .. _single-instruction multiple-data: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIMD