Re: [PATCH] gnu: add sparta-dsmc

[Leo Famulari]

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?