From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Leo Famulari Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: add sparta-dsmc Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2016 04:26:59 -0400 Message-ID: <20160405082659.GB4775@jasmine> References: <20160404205551.GB16062@serenity.ph.utexas.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35504) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1anMKG-0005GF-Sj for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Apr 2016 04:27:05 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1anMKE-00065l-6h for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Apr 2016 04:27:04 -0400 Received: from out5-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.29]:39894) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1anMKE-00065h-3H for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Apr 2016 04:27:02 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20160404205551.GB16062@serenity.ph.utexas.edu> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Lukas Gradl Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org On Mon, Apr 04, 2016 at 03:55:51PM -0500, Lukas Gradl wrote: > Hello Guix! > > Attached is a patch to add the SPARTA Direct Simulation Monte Carlo > Software. > > There maybe is a problem with the source URL: The URL always points to > the latest version of the source tar ball which is constantly updated > and immediately released by upstream. This means that the hash of the > source tar ball available at this URL changes several times a month. Is > this acceptable or does anyone have an idea how this should be handled? I assume you've looked for a more stable URL. Are there other distros that have solved this problem? Can you contact the SPARTA developers and ask if there is a solution?