[PRE REVIEW]: Makie.jl: Flexible high-performance data visualization for Julia

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Submitting author: @jkrumbiegel (Julius Krumbiegel)
Repository: https://github.com/JuliaPlots/AbstractPlotting.jl
Version: v.0.17.4
Editor: @Kevin-Mattheus-Moerman
Reviewers: @fverdugo, @gaelforget
Managing EiC: Kevin M. Moerman

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[Kevin-Mattheus-Moerman]

@whedon assign @Kevin-Mattheus-Moerman as editor

[whedon]

OK, the editor is @Kevin-Mattheus-Moerman

[whedon]

PDF failed to compile for issue #3226 with the following error:

 Can't find any papers to compile :-(

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Software report (experimental):

github.com/AlDanial/cloc v 1.88  T=0.41 s (508.8 files/s, 79632.0 lines/s)
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Julia                          124           3956           1383          20351
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Statistical information for the repository '809ea6b415bc7da9cd231471' was
gathered on 2021/04/30.
No commited files with the specified extensions were found.

[Kevin-Mattheus-Moerman]

@jkrumbiegel

Our system cannot find the paper. Where can we find it? The repository for this submission is listed as: https://github.com/JuliaPlots/AbstractPlotting.jl is that correct or should it be https://github.com/JuliaPlots/Makie.jl ?

Thanks

[jkrumbiegel]

The paper is in the joss-paper branch in AbstractPlotting.jl https://github.com/JuliaPlots/AbstractPlotting.jl/tree/joss-paper

I can also move it to Makie.jl if you prefer, but AbstractPlotting is actually the main repository for the Makie ecosystem, due to historical reasons. It could be that we move everything from AbstractPlotting.jl to Makie.jl in the future as part of a restructuring effort.

[Kevin-Mattheus-Moerman]

@whedon generate pdf from branch joss-paper

[whedon]

Attempting PDF compilation from custom branch joss-paper. Reticulating splines etc...

[whedon]

👉📄 Download article proof 📄 View article proof on GitHub 📄 👈

[Kevin-Mattheus-Moerman]

@whedon assign @fverdugo as reviewer

[whedon]

OK, @fverdugo is now a reviewer

[Kevin-Mattheus-Moerman]

@whedon add @gaelforget as reviewer

[whedon]

OK, @gaelforget is now a reviewer

[Kevin-Mattheus-Moerman]

@cormullion @rdeits would you be interested in reviewing this work for JOSS? The review focuses on both the software and this short paper.

Let me know if you are interested or have questions about what it means to review for JOSS.

FYI we can give reviewers quite a lot of extra time at the moment (we all do) so just to let us know if you need lots to help with the review.

[cormullion]

Nice paper. I can see little that could be improved or needs comment - I would however rephrase the sentence at lines 21-24, which looks like it's missing something:

To effectively understand and communicate results, different disciplines ranging from [... ? ...] publication-quality static vector graphics, through animated movies , to interactive data exploration tools, require flexible and powerful plotting software.

I won't be able to say anything about the software.

[Kevin-Mattheus-Moerman]

@whedon add @logankilpatrick as reviewer

[whedon]

OK, @logankilpatrick is now a reviewer

[jkrumbiegel]

@Kevin-Mattheus-Moerman I'm not sure if it makes a difference, but @logankilpatrick has contributed to Makie before. It's only a couple of commits I think, but maybe that is still a conflict.

[Kevin-Mattheus-Moerman]

@jkrumbiegel apologies for the delay in getting back to you. Thanks for raising that, since he is not a co-author, and if the commits are relatively small, then in this case it sounds like it could be okay. @logankilpatrick can you comment on this too?

[Kevin-Mattheus-Moerman]

After a discussion with the editorial board we decided that contribution does constitute a conflict of interest. We will therefore proceed to remove @logankilpatrick as a reviewer.

@logankilpatrick thanks for offering to help. We'd love your help reviewing other packages for JOSS in the future if you are available.

[Kevin-Mattheus-Moerman]

@whedon remove @logankilpatrick as reviewer

[whedon]

OK, @logankilpatrick is no longer a reviewer

[Kevin-Mattheus-Moerman]

@jkrumbiegel @gaelforget @fverdugo I will now initiate the review process.

[Kevin-Mattheus-Moerman]

@whedon start review

[whedon]

OK, I've started the review over in #3349.