Getting The Latest Sources¶
All releases are signed with a PGP key.
Unsure which release you want? Check the FAQ.
Current Stable Release (1.10)¶
The current stable release is 1.10.1 which was released on 2011-07-11.
Sources:
1.10.1 tar/gz (1.10.1 tar/gz sig),
1.10.1 tar/bzip (1.10.1 tar/bzip sig)
Windows binary installer (Visual C++ 2010):
Previous Stable Release (1.8)¶
The previous stable release is 1.8.13 which was released on 2011-07-02.
Sources:
1.8.13 tar/gz (1.8.13 tar/gz sig),
1.8.13 tar/bzip (1.8.13 tar/bzip sig)
Windows binary installer for 1.8.11 (Visual C++ 2008):
Accessing Version Control¶
Botan’s development occurs using a distributed version control system called Monotone.
The main branch of development occurs on the branch named net.randombit.botan; this is probably the branch you want (for 1.8, use net.randombit.botan.1_8 instead). To download that branch and set up a new workspace, run:
$ mtn db init --db=botan.mtn
$ mtn pull --db=botan.mtn randombit.net 'net.randombit.botan'
[...]
$ mtn checkout --db=botan.mtn --branch=net.randombit.botan
[...]
By default the checkout command will place the workspace in a directory with the same name as the branch you are checking out. If you want a different directory name, just include it after the --branch option (you can also rename this directory at any time).
If this is the first time you’ve connected to the server, Monotone will print:
mtn: first time connecting to server randombit.net
mtn: I'll assume it's really them, but you might want to double-check
mtn: their key's fingerprint: 8c0b868f2247215c63c96983b1c8ca0f0f0cfd9a
The fingerprint shown above was the correct one as of September 21, 2010.
To pull further changes, from anywhere in the workspace run these commands:
$ mtn pull
[...]
$ mtn update
[summary of changes]
The mtn update command will give you a summary of which files changed; to view the full changelog, run mtn log.