Build fails due to 404 at https://pub.ist.ac.at/~vnk/software/blossom5-v2.05.src.tar.gz

[agrimsm]

Building BlossomV (]add BlossomV or ]build BlossomV) on a machine which does not already have the file ~/.julia/packages/BlossomV/.../deps/downloads/blossom5-v2.05.src.tar.gz now fails with a 404 when curl tries to fetch the file from https://pub.ist.ac.at/~vnk/software/blossom5-v2.05.src.tar.gz. It looks like the site is down?

[mlewe]

It looks indeed like the site has been taken down.

The only official way to obtain the code, currently appears to be the commercial licensing option:
https://xip.uclb.com/product/BlossomV

I still have a copy of the code (and you might be able to find it floating around on the internet).
However, since the code is not mine, I have no right to distribute it.

Not sure what to do about this.

[agrimsm]

Hm, that's unfortunate. Maybe as a temporary measure the README can be updated with an explanation of where to get the commercially licensed code and where to place the relevant files in the file system for installation?

I suppose the ideal longterm solution would be a pure Julia implementation of the algorithm...

[thchr]

For what it's worth, the URL is up again and BlossomV.jl builds fine on Linux.
Still very unfortunate circumstances licensing-wise.