Strengthen arXiv submission draft

Author: Kevin-Li-2025

.gitignore

@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ data/raw/
 data/processed/
 logs/
 paper/*.pdf
+paper/*.tar.gz
+paper/*.aux
+paper/*.bbl
+paper/*.blg
+paper/*.log
+paper/*.out
+paper/*.toc
 *.safetensors
 *.pt
 *.pth

paper/ARXIV_SUBMISSION.md

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+# arXiv Submission Metadata
+
+This file records the current intended metadata for the L20-CodeForge preprint.
+Verify every field in the arXiv submission UI before submission.
+
+## Title
+
+L20-CodeForge: Auditable Test-Time Scaling for Code Generation on a Single GPU
+
+## Authors
+
+Yin Li
+
+University of Birmingham
+
+## Abstract
+
+Use the abstract from `main.tex` verbatim unless the paper body changes.
+
+## Suggested Categories
+
+Primary category:
+
+- `cs.CL` - Computation and Language
+
+Cross-lists:
+
+- `cs.SE` - Software Engineering
+- `cs.LG` - Machine Learning
+
+Rationale:
+
+- The paper studies code generation with language models, which fits current
+  LLM/code-generation work commonly posted in `cs.CL`.
+- The benchmark and execution-harness material is also software-engineering
+  work, especially the LiveCodeBench and EvalPlus evaluation boundary.
+- The post-training and verifier direction justifies `cs.LG` as a cross-list,
+  but the present paper is not primarily a new learning algorithm.
+
+## Comments Field
+
+Suggested text:
+
+```text
+Preprint. Code, benchmark artifacts, CI, and reproducibility notes are available at https://github.com/Kevin-Li-2025/L20-CodeForge.
+```
+
+Update the page count after the final compile.
+
+## License
+
+Recommended default for an open preprint:
+
+- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (`CC BY 4.0`)
+
+Reason:
+
+- arXiv lists CC BY 4.0 as an available license and encourages authors to
+  consider liberal licenses for reuse.
+- CC BY 4.0 preserves attribution while allowing broad reuse.
+
+Before submission, check whether any later venue or funder imposes a different
+license requirement. arXiv states that license choices are irrevocable for a
+posted version.
+
+## Source Package
+
+The arXiv source package should contain only:
+
+```text
+main.tex
+references.bib
+```
+
+Do not include:
+
+```text
+main.pdf
+*.aux
+*.bbl
+*.blg
+*.log
+*.out
+*.toc
+*.tar.gz
+```
+
+Build the source archive locally with:
+
+```bash
+cd paper
+make arxiv-source
+```
+
+The generated `l20-codeforge-arxiv-source.tar.gz` is ignored by git.
+
+## Official References Checked
+
+- https://info.arxiv.org/help/submit/index.html
+- https://info.arxiv.org/help/submit_tex.html
+- https://info.arxiv.org/help/license/index.html
+- https://arxiv.org/category_taxonomy

paper/Makefile

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+ARXIV_SOURCE = l20-codeforge-arxiv-source.tar.gz
+
+.PHONY: build clean arxiv-source
+
+build:
+	tectonic main.tex
+
+clean:
+	rm -f main.pdf main.aux main.bbl main.blg main.log main.out main.toc
+	rm -f $(ARXIV_SOURCE)
+
+arxiv-source: clean
+	tar --format=ustar -czf $(ARXIV_SOURCE) main.tex references.bib

paper/README.md

@@ -37,6 +37,20 @@ Before uploading source to arXiv:
 - Verify title, abstract, authors, license, and category metadata in the arXiv
   submission UI.
 
+Metadata and category plan:
+
+- See `ARXIV_SUBMISSION.md`.
+
+Source package:
+
+```bash
+cd paper
+make arxiv-source
+```
+
+This creates `l20-codeforge-arxiv-source.tar.gz` with only the TeX source files
+needed by arXiv.
+
 Primary arXiv guidance:
 
 - https://info.arxiv.org/help/submit/index.html