Re: [PATCH] gnu: add sparta-dsmc

[Lukas Gradl]

On Tue, Apr 05, 2016 at 04:26:59AM -0400, Leo Famulari wrote:
> 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?

AFAIK this software is not packaged in any other distro.  I am already
in contact with the author of SPARTA, he provided the URL that I used in
the patch.  I explained the problem to him and I am waiting for his
response.

Thank you!

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