Please don't feel pushed. Thanks for the bump.
It appears the tarball is currently broken since upstream didn't generate the "\ProvidesPackageRCS $Header$" lines properly before the release.
Filed upstream bug [1]. [1]: https://bitbucket.org/rivanvx/beamer/issue/156/providepackagercs-header-lines-not
Pulled archive from CTAN. Added to CVS.