# Botan

# Getting The Latest Sources

All releases are signed with a PGP key.

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Note

If you are viewing this documentation offline, a more recent release may be available

## Current Stable Release (1.10)

The current stable release is 1.10.3 which was released on 2012-07-10.

Sources:

1.10.3 tar/gz (1.10.3 tar/gz sig),

1.10.3 tar/bzip (1.10.3 tar/bzip sig)

## 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)

## 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`.