<h1>Download</h1>
<hr>
-<p> Download the latest version from the
+Paraslash is only available as source code, no binary packages are
+provided at this point. There are several ways to download the source:
-<a href="versions/">download directory</a>
+<ul>
+ <li> <em> git</em>.
-or grab a
+ Clone the git repository by executing
-<a href="versions/paraslash-git.tar.bz2">tarball</a>
+ <p> <pre> <kbd>
+ git clone git://git.tuebingen.mpg.de/paraslash.git
+ </kbd> </pre> </p>
-of the current master branch. This version is expected to be more
-stable than any of the released versions.
+ <p> The repository contains the full history of the
+ project since 2006, all work in progress and the source
+ code for the web pages. Choosing this option allows to
+ check out any of the four integration branches maint,
+ master, next, pu (see the
-All regular releases are <a href="PUBLIC_KEY">cryptographically signed</a>.
+ <a href="manual.html#git_branches">git_branches</a>
-Anonymous (read-only)
+ section of the manual). All previous releases
+ correspond to tagged commits and may be checked out
+ as well. Since development takes place in separate
+ topic branches the master branch is expected to be
+ more stable than any of the released versions. </p>
-<a href="http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/">git</a>
+ <p> Compiling from git requires additional tools,
+ notably the autoconf package must be installed. </p>
-access is also available. Check out a copy with </p>
+ </li>
-<p>
-git clone git://paraslash.systemlinux.org/git paraslash
-</p>
+ <li> <em> regular releases</em>.
+
+ All released versions can be downloaded as compressed
+ tarballs from the
+
+ <a href="releases/">download directory</a>.
+
+ These tarballs are
+
+ <a href="PUBLIC_KEY">cryptographically signed</a>
+
+ and contain a pre-generated configure script. They
+ can be compiled and installed without autoconf.
+
+ </li>
+
+ <li> <em>master tarballs</em>.
+
+ Whenever significant changes are incorporated a
+
+ <a href="releases/paraslash-git.tar.bz2">tarball</a>
+
+ of the current master branch is created. All changes in
+ this tarball will be included in the next release. Like
+ for regular releases, a configure script is provided
+ for convenience.
+
+ </li>
+
+ <li> <em>gitweb snapshots</em>.
+
+ The
+
+ <a href="http://git.tuebingen.mpg.de/paraslash.git">gitweb</a>
+
+ page contains a snapshot link for each revision. This
+ allows to get a specific revision without downloading
+ the full history.
+
+ </li>
+</ul>