[PRE REVIEW]: votess: A multi-target, GPU-capable, parallel Voronoi tessellator

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Submitting author: @samridh-dev (Samridh Dev Singh)
Repository: https://github.com/samridh-dev/votess.git
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Reference check summary (note 'MISSING' DOIs are suggestions that need verification):

✅ OK DOIs

- 10.1017/S1743921311000378 is OK
- 10.1145/3272127.3275092 is OK
- 10.1145/235815.235821 is OK

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- 10.2172/946741 may be a valid DOI for title: VORO++: A three-dimensional Voronoi cell library i...

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- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parco.2023.102995 is INVALID because of 'https://doi.org/' prefix

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Software report:

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Python                           3            136             56           1118
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CMake                            9             51             12            176
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Commit count by author:

   274	samridh-dev
     2	Samridh D. Singh

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Paper file info:

📄 Wordcount for paper.md is 705

✅ The paper includes a Statement of need section

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🟡 License found: GNU General Public License v3.0 (Check here for OSI approval)

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[danielskatz]

@samridh-dev - thanks for your submission. Our LOC counter shows 300k LOC of C++ in your repository. It seems likely that this is not all your code, but that you are including code from other packages. Can you help me understand what part of this is your code that we should be reviewing, and what is preexisting code that we would not review?

[samridh-dev]

Hi, Do not review the test cases since I believe that is auto generated and is probably why the code is around 300k. The main source code is around 30k instead,

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________________________________ From: Daniel S. Katz ***@***.***> Sent: Friday, November 1, 2024 2:37 PM To: openjournals/joss-reviews ***@***.***> Cc: Singh, Samridh Dev (Sam) ***@***.***>; Mention ***@***.***> Subject: Re: [openjournals/joss-reviews] [PRE REVIEW]: votess: A multi-target, GPU-capable, parallel Voronoi tessellator (Issue #7419) Caution: External Email @samridh-dev<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_samridh-2Ddev&d=DwMFaQ&c=HUrdOLg_tCr0UMeDjWLBOM9lLDRpsndbROGxEKQRFzk&r=HWASZq6TcwVwkJpqA8x6LcNTa2Fa6N92aMe4xwgG2Pk&m=RR8jWEjt36nazbPfi_IG0ypnnRRueTk9Ny6Jy1ZbvwftxJHrlat4h-oDjfyVKbql&s=GhQZHdOT8UETA6Lxeh4MKu9-CLt0K80Dz8Pp_6ru1gM&e=> - thanks for your submission. Our LOC counter shows 300k LOC of C++ in your repository. It seems likely that this is not all your code, but that you are including code from other packages. Can you help me understand what part of this is your code that we should be reviewing, and what is preexisting code that we would not review? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_openjournals_joss-2Dreviews_issues_7419-23issuecomment-2D2452477088&d=DwMFaQ&c=HUrdOLg_tCr0UMeDjWLBOM9lLDRpsndbROGxEKQRFzk&r=HWASZq6TcwVwkJpqA8x6LcNTa2Fa6N92aMe4xwgG2Pk&m=RR8jWEjt36nazbPfi_IG0ypnnRRueTk9Ny6Jy1ZbvwftxJHrlat4h-oDjfyVKbql&s=QFaSsYCinn81DlOjemVKQ7exoIn7JhpKP5YnZrB-L2w&e=>, or unsubscribe<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_notifications_unsubscribe-2Dauth_BASUXMH7T2AJJM3XILFCLW3Z6PJ53AVCNFSM6AAAAABRA2XNGCVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDINJSGQ3TOMBYHA&d=DwMFaQ&c=HUrdOLg_tCr0UMeDjWLBOM9lLDRpsndbROGxEKQRFzk&r=HWASZq6TcwVwkJpqA8x6LcNTa2Fa6N92aMe4xwgG2Pk&m=RR8jWEjt36nazbPfi_IG0ypnnRRueTk9Ny6Jy1ZbvwftxJHrlat4h-oDjfyVKbql&s=Q87KAJ9nF0zxoaN14uosuES87GE7Cy6DU5_8y_Leygs&e=>. You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***> This email was sent from outside Grinnell College. Treat attachments and links with caution. If this message looks suspicious, use the report phish button.

[danielskatz]

Which part of the code (meaning which directories) should be counted and reviewed?

[samridh-dev]

Only the src/ and include/ directories should be reviewed.

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[danielskatz]

👋 @Kevin-Mattheus-Moerman - Would you be interested in editing (or reviewing) this submission?

[Kevin-Mattheus-Moerman]

Happy to do either but probably editing is best.