Joss-reviews: [PRE REVIEW]: Geometric nested sampling: sampling from distributions defined on non-trivial geometries

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Submitting author: @SuperKam91 (Kamran Javid)
Repository: https://github.com/SuperKam91/gns
Version: v1.01
Editor: @mbobra
Reviewers: @ziotom78, @zhampel

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Attempting PDF compilation. Reticulating splines etc...

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PDF failed to compile for issue #1787 with the following error:

Can't find any papers to compile :-(

[kyleniemeyer]

Hi @SuperKam91, thanks for your interest in JOSS. Before we start our process, I noticed that while your repository contains a number of Python files, it is not structured like a formal, installable Python package.

Can you work on structuring it in this way, for example following guidelines like https://docs.python-guide.org/writing/structure/ ?

Regarding the paper, I think you need to fix the header:

---
title: 'Geometric nested sampling'
tags:
  - Nested sampling
  - Monte Carlo methods
  - Bayesian inference
  - Astrophysics
authors:
  - name: Kamran Javid
    orcid: 0000-0002-2089-3964
    affiliation: "1, 2"
affiliations:
 - name: Astrophysics Group, Cavendish Laboratory, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK
   index: 1
 - name: Kavli Institute for Cosmology Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0HA, UK
   index: 2
date: 2 October 2019
bibliography: paper.bib
---

# Abstract

(I think the missing --- at the end is the issue)

[SuperKam91]

Hi @kyleniemeyer thank you for your comments. I have now updated the paper.md with the correct formatting. I have also introduced a much more comprehensive installation procedure (and guidance in the README.md). The changes can be found at the same url: https://github.com/SuperKam91/gns but note I had to create a new repo due to some issues (the old repo is now at https://github.com/SuperKam91/gns_old). I hope this doesn't cause any issues for @whedon...!

[kyleniemeyer]

@whedon generate pdf

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Attempting PDF compilation. Reticulating splines etc...

[whedon]

:point_right: Check article proof :page_facing_up: :point_left:

[kyleniemeyer]

@SuperKam91 looks like it worked!

[kyleniemeyer]

Hi @mbobra, could you edit this submission?

[SuperKam91]

@whedon generate pdf

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[labarba]

@SuperKam91 👋 — I'm the Associate Editor-in-Chief on rotation this week, and have reached out to the potential handling editor by email now. We'll be looking to get started with the review soon. In the meantime, I have two requests:

1. Could you look through our list of potential reviewers to see if you can suggest someone? ( feel free to suggest reviewers from outside the list, too).
2. Could you think of a modified title for your paper that doesn't sound like a general method, and is more descriptive of your software? It may be as easy as adding "GNS:" as prefix, but if you think of a few more descriptive words, that is useful.

Thanks!

[SuperKam91]

@whedon generate pdf

[whedon]

Attempting PDF compilation. Reticulating splines etc...

[whedon]

:point_right: Check article proof :page_facing_up: :point_left:

[SuperKam91]

@SuperKam91 wave — I'm the Associate Editor-in-Chief on rotation this week, and have reached out to the potential handling editor by email now. We'll be looking to get started with the review soon. In the meantime, I have two requests:

1. Could you look through our  [list of potential reviewers](https://bit.ly/joss-reviewers) to see if you can suggest someone? ( feel free to suggest reviewers from outside the list, too).

2. Could you think of a modified title for your paper that doesn't sound like a general method, and is more descriptive of your software? It may be as easy as adding "GNS:" as prefix, but if you think of a few more descriptive words, that is useful.

Thanks!

Hi @labarba thank you for your message. After looking through the list, I think any of the following would be suitable reviewers:
@mattpitkin
@ziotom78
@benjaminrose
@zhampel
@nespinoza
@danehkar
@dhuppenkothen

[ziotom78]

Hi @labarba and @SuperKam91, I would be happy to review this!

[zhampel]

@labarba & @SuperKam91 I can provide a review for this submission.

[mbobra]

@whedon assign @mbobra as editor

[whedon]

OK, the editor is @mbobra

[mbobra]

👋@ziotom78 @zhampel Thank you for volunteering to review!

[mbobra]

@whedon assign @ziotom78 as reviewer

[whedon]

OK, the reviewer is @ziotom78

[mbobra]

@whedon add @zhampel as reviewer

[whedon]

OK, @zhampel is now a reviewer

[mbobra]

@whedon start review

[whedon]

OK, I've started the review over in https://github.com/openjournals/joss-reviews/issues/1809. Feel free to close this issue now!