[PRE REVIEW]: DataLad: distributed system for joint management of code, data, and their relationship

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Submitting author: @yarikoptic (Yaroslav Halchenko)
Repository: https://github.com/datalad/datalad
Version: 0.14.3
Editor: @arokem
Reviewers: @szorowi1, @jkanche
Managing EiC: Kristen Thyng

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PDF failed to compile for issue #3254 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=2.98 s (141.5 files/s, 41132.9 lines/s)
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Statistical information for the repository '9963524159fe2dc358726412' was
gathered on 2021/05/05.
The following historical commit information, by author, was found:

Author                     Commits    Insertions      Deletions    % of changes
Adina Wagner                   101           992            384            0.25
Alejandro de la Vega             5             7              7            0.00
Alex Waite                       2            12             13            0.00
Andy Connolly                    7            44             30            0.01
Benjamin Poldrack             1525         57087          25544           14.85
Christian Mönch                  9           271             43            0.06
Christopher J. Marki             4           169             46            0.04
Dave MacFarlane                 35           490            126            0.11
Debanjum Singh Solan           168         42529           4831            8.51
Gergana Alteva                 158          2903           1470            0.79
Horea Christian                  1             2              0            0.00
Jason Gors                      52           998            461            0.26
John T. Wodder II               26           726            848            0.28
Kusti Skytén                     2             2              0            0.00
Kyle Meyer                    1594         36680          15014            9.29
Matt Cieslak                     2             6              3            0.00
Matteo Visconti dOC              2            20              2            0.00
Michael Hanke                 3669        103152         133292           42.49
Nell Hardcastle                  1             1              1            0.00
Neuroimaging Communi             2            39             46            0.02
Nolan Nichols                    8            36             10            0.01
Robin Schneider                  1             2              2            0.00
Soichi Hayashi                   1             1              1            0.00
Taylor Olson                     7            55             30            0.02
Vanessa Sochat                   3            14              6            0.00
Yarchael                         2            12             10            0.00
Yaroslav Halchenko            3125         91283          36752           23.01

Below are the number of rows from each author that have survived and are still
intact in the current revision:

Author                     Rows      Stability          Age       % in comments
Adina Wagner                533           53.7         14.7                8.44
Alex Waite                    4           33.3         44.4               25.00
Andy Connolly                31           70.5         11.9                3.23
Benjamin Poldrack         11710           20.5         33.7               22.67
Christian Mönch             236           87.1          6.9               13.98
Christopher J. Marki        122           72.2         23.7               14.75
Dave MacFarlane             309           63.1         33.7               18.45
Debanjum Singh Solan        404            0.9         57.3               15.35
Gergana Alteva              131            4.5         57.3               15.27
Jason Gors                  269           27.0         68.7               12.64
John T. Wodder II            57            7.9          7.1                7.02
Kyle Meyer                17849           48.7         20.9               14.95
Matt Cieslak                  3           50.0          2.3              100.00
Matteo Visconti dOC           5           25.0         41.1                0.00
Michael Hanke             40833           39.6         28.7               17.88
Neuroimaging Communi         14           35.9          0.0                0.00
Nolan Nichols                16           44.4          9.3                6.25
Robin Schneider               2          100.0          1.7                0.00
Soichi Hayashi                1          100.0         17.4                0.00
Taylor Olson                  7           12.7         39.2               28.57
Yarchael                      4           33.3         32.0                0.00
Yaroslav Halchenko        32238           35.3         43.6               19.29
vsoch                         5          100.0         31.6                0.00

[whedon]

PDF failed to compile for issue #3254 with the following error:

 Can't find any papers to compile :-(

[yarikoptic]

@whedon generate pdf from branch paper-joss

[whedon]

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

[whedon]

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

[yarikoptic]

Just to help to get the ball rolling -- potential reviewers (from the given list) which might be interested: aaronpeikert, peterakirk, williamfgc, csadorf, szorowi1

[arokem]

@kthyng : I can take this one, unless you have another plan for it. Feel free to assign me.

[mih]

Thx @arokem !

[Kevin-Mattheus-Moerman]

@whedon assign @arokem as editor

[whedon]

OK, the editor is @arokem

[arokem]

👋 @csadorf : would you be willing to review this article for JOSS?

[arokem]

👋 @szorowi1: would you be willing to review this article for JOSS?

[csadorf]

👋 @csadorf : would you be willing to review this article for JOSS?

Yes, I would be happy to! the only hitch is that I will be on vacation from May 13th until May 28th. What is the expected timeline?

[arokem]

@csadorf : Ideally, we'd like to finish this in a few weeks. Do you think that you will have time for a first round of review before you head out on your vacation?

[arokem]

👋 @pibion : would you be willing to review this article for JOSS?

[arokem]

👋 @jkanche: would you be willing to review this article for JOSS?

[csadorf]

@csadorf : Ideally, we'd like to finish this in a few weeks. Do you think that you will have time for a first round of review before you head out on your vacation?

@arokem Since this would be my first review for JOSS I am afraid that I might not be able to without comprising due diligence. So unfortunately I have to decline this time. Please feel free to reach out to me again in case that you would still like my input on this particular submission after my return or for similar submissions in the future.

[jkanche]

👋 @jkanche: would you be willing to review this article for JOSS?

would be happy to help

[szorowi1]

👋 @szorowi1: would you be willing to review this article for JOSS?

Hi @arokem, apologies for the delay. I'd be happy to review if the opportunity is still available.

[arokem]

@whedon assign @jkanchee as reviewer

[whedon]

OK, @jkanchee is now a reviewer

[arokem]

@whedon add @szorowi1 as reviewer

[whedon]

OK, @szorowi1 is now a reviewer

[arokem]

@whedon add @jkanche as reviewer

[whedon]

OK, @jkanche is now a reviewer

[arokem]

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[arokem]

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OK, I've started the review over in #3262.

[arokem]

OK, @jkanche and @szorowi1 : with that typo now fixed (sorry about that!), I think that you can head over to #3262 for the review.