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[bug#32321] [PATCH] gnu: Add povray.
From: |
Kei Kebreau |
Subject: |
[bug#32321] [PATCH] gnu: Add povray. |
Date: |
Thu, 02 Aug 2018 21:52:43 -0400 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) |
Kei Kebreau <address@hidden> writes:
> Efraim Flashner <address@hidden> 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!
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