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Re: [PATCH] gnu: add sparta-dsmc
From: |
Efraim Flashner |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] gnu: add sparta-dsmc |
Date: |
Tue, 5 Apr 2016 20:21:35 +0300 |
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Mutt/1.6.0 (2016-04-01) |
On Tue, Apr 05, 2016 at 12:04:56PM -0500, Lukas Gradl wrote:
> 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!
Not just for this package but potentially for others, could we stick a
copy on archive.org with a date-stamp or something?
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