Kei Kebreau <kkebreau@posteo.net> writes:

> Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> writes:
>
>> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 10:36:00PM -0400, Kei Kebreau wrote:
>>
>>> +    (version "3.7.0.8")
>>> +    (source (origin
>>> +              (method url-fetch)
>>> + (uri (string-append "https://github.com/POV-Ray/povray/archive/v"
>>> +                                  version ".tar.gz"))
>>> +              (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
>>
>> Don't use the unstable tarball, download it using git-fetch.
>
> If I'm not misunderstanding POV-Ray's version numbering scheme, this is
> a source code maintainance release with no changes in functionality.
> See "https://github.com/POV-Ray/povray/releases/tag/v3.7.0.8".
>

Never mind about the unstable tarball bit. After further research, about
GitHub's archive generation, I now see what you mean. Apparently many
other projects get hit with this bug as well. I'll switch to using
git-fetch and push this to master after some more testing. Thanks again!