[PRE REVIEW]: TEMPO: A Python Package for Time Evolution of Pulse Sequences in QuTiP

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Submitting author: @oonjnertzern (Jner Tzern Oon)
Repository: https://github.com/hakalasonja/TEMPO
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Version: v1.0.0
Editor: Pending
Reviewers: Pending
Managing EiC: Kyle Niemeyer

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Reference check summary (note 'MISSING' DOIs are suggestions that need verification):

✅ OK DOIs

- 10.1016/j.cpc.2012.02.021 is OK
- 10.1016/j.cpc.2012.11.019 is OK
- 10.1016/s1049-250x(01)80063-x is OK
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0208561 is OK
- 10.1002/9780470034590.emrstm1521 is OK
- 10.1103/revmodphys.92.015004 is OK

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- No DOI given, and none found for title: Spin dynamics

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Commit count by author:

    72	hakalasonja
    49	oonjnertzern
    44	George Witt

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Paper file info:

⚠️ Wordcount for paper.md is 1355

✅ The paper includes a Statement of need section

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[kyleniemeyer]

Hi @oonjnertzern, thanks for your submission. Unfortunately, we have low editor availability right now, so I have to put your submission on our waitlist until someone frees up.

In the meantime, a few questions / comments:

• In the paper, please add an explicit # References section header at the end.

• I notice in your installation instructions in the README that you direct a conda-based environment, but then install your package using pip. Unless you specifically need conda (e.g., for a non-Python dependency), it would be simpler for folks to just install all dependencies with pip (and use venv to set up a virtual environment, for example).

  You could still include conda as alternate path for folks who use conda, but it doesn't seem necessary here (vs. a pure built-in Python installation route with venv & pip).

• Your documentation is missing some instructions on running the test suite, as well as any examples - could you add those?