[REVIEW]: Noisyopt

[whedon]

Submitting author: @andim (Andreas Mayer)
Repository: https://github.com/andim/noisyopt
Version: v0.2
Editor: @arokem
Reviewer: @nirum
Archive: 10.5281/zenodo.580120

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Reviewers and authors:

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Reviewer questions

Conflict of interest

• As the reviewer I confirm that there are no conflicts of interest for me to review this work (such as being a major contributor to the software).

General checks

• Repository: Is the source code for this software available at the repository url?
• License: Does the repository contain a plain-text LICENSE file with the contents of an OSI approved software license?
• Version: Does the release version given match the GitHub release (v0.2)?
• Authorship: Has the submitting author (@andim) made major contributions to the software?

Functionality

• Installation: Does installation proceed as outlined in the documentation?
• Functionality: Have the functional claims of the software been confirmed?
• Performance: Have any performance claims of the software been confirmed?

Documentation

• A statement of need: Do the authors clearly state what problems the software is designed to solve and who the target audience is?
• Installation instructions: Is there a clearly-stated list of dependencies? Ideally these should be handled with an automated package management solution.
• Example usage: Do the authors include examples of how to use the software (ideally to solve real-world analysis problems).
• Functionality documentation: Is the core functionality of the software documented to a satisfactory level (e.g. API method documentation)?
• Automated tests: Are there automated tests or manual steps described so that the function of the software can be verified?
• Community guidelines: Are there clear guidelines for third parties wishing to 1) Contribute to the software 2) Report issues or problems with the software 3) Seek support

Software paper

• Authors: Does the paper.md file include a list of authors with their affiliations?
• A statement of need: Do the authors clearly state what problems the software is designed to solve and who the target audience is?
• References: Do all archival references that should have a DOI list one (e.g. papers, datasets, software)?

[nirum]

The author(s) have addressed all of my comments and closed the issues, which are linked below.

andim/noisyopt#4
andim/noisyopt#5
andim/noisyopt#6
andim/noisyopt#7
andim/noisyopt#8
andim/noisyopt#9
andim/noisyopt#10
andim/noisyopt#11

[nirum]

@arfon @arokem what's the next step here? It looks like @andim has already created a DOI for the package:

[andim]

Just wanted to ping you again @arfon @arokem ! Let me know if any action is needed from my side at this point.

[arfon]

@whedon set 10.5281/zenodo.580120 as archive

[whedon]

OK. 10.5281/zenodo.580120 is the archive.

[arfon]

@nirum - many thanks for your review here and to @arokem for editing this one ✨

@andim - your paper is now accepted into JOSS and your DOI is http://dx.doi.org/10.21105/joss.00258 ⚡️:rocket: :boom: