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Axiom, as an open source program, makes the complete source code
to the program available online.  (Note:  for those who are not
interested in compiling Axiom binaries for different platforms are
available at AxiomBinaries.

Because there is continuous ongoing development, Axiom follows
the conventional model of releasing stable "Gold" releases which
are intended for the general public to try.  These are available
as Tar-Gzip archives, CVS checkouts, and ARCH checkouts.  (CVS and
ARCH are source code management systems.)

Also available are a number of development source archives, which
represent ongoing work and may or may not be stable.  They are
suggested primarily for those interested in doing development
work with Axiom.  These are referred to as development or "Silver"
branches.  While there is a "standard" Silver branch, additional
branches may be present as individual developers pursue different
directions.

BuildAxiom has instructions on how to build binaries, but bear
in mind developments in the Silver branches may invalidate this
information.


Stable (Gold)

  For a detailed discussion of the Gold branch, see AxiomGoldBranch.

  Source Tarball

    Mirror1 [Sourceforge]: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/axiom/axiom-Sept2005-src.tgz 

    (Need links to latest Gold tarball - Who has admin at sf and savannah who could upload these?
    We may as well have multiple mirrors.).

  CVS

    Mirror1 [Sourceforge]:  'cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@axiom.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/axiom co -P axiom'

    Mirror2 [Savannah]:  'cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.savannah.nongnu.org:/sources/axiom co -P axiom'

  GNU arch (a.k.a TLA)

    The ARCH archive of Axiom Gold is the actual master Gold archive, although the CVS trees above should contain the same
    code.  A tla archive can be obtained the axiom-developer server via::

      tla my-id "Your Name <your@email-address.com>"
      tla register-archive arch@axiom-developer.org--axiom \
        http://www.axiom-developer.org/archive/axiom
      tla my-default-archive arch@axiom-developer.org--axiom
      tla get axiom--main--1 GoldenAxiom

      # later you would say the following in order to update
      cd GoldenAxiom
      tla update

    For more details see [Arch Usage].


Development (Silver)

  For a detailed discussion of the Silver branch, see AxiomSilverBranch.

  Official Silver - GIT 

     'git-clone ssh://git@axiom-developer.org/home/git/silver silver' (password: linus)

  SVN

     Mirror @ [Sourceforge]:  'svn co https://axiom.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/axiom/trunk/axiom silver'

Testing

  At any particular point in time, there are usually individual branches that wind up being the focus
  of a lot of development attention.  The most active ones are listed here.  (Note that various branches
  make use of SVN, GIT, Darcs, Mercurial, and possibly other such systems - consult the documentation
  of the system in question for information on how to set up the tool.)

  "build-improvements":READMEBuildImprovments

    - Short Description:  Conversion of Axiom build system to Autoconf machinery, many other improvements.

    - Primary Maintainer: Gabriel Dos Reis

    - Version Control Software:  SVN

        'svn co https://axiom.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/axiom/branches/build-improvements build-improvements'
 
  "wh-sandbox":http://axiom.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/%2acheckout%2a/axiom/branches/wh-sandbox/README.wh

    - Short Description:  Many improvements and fixes - build system, ANSI compatibility, algebra bootstrap, hyperdoc, etc.

    - Primary Maintainer: Waldek Hebisch

    - Version Control Software:  SVN

        'svn co https://axiom.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/axiom/branches/wh-sandbox wh-sandbox'

  AxispBranch

    - Short Description:  Boot -> Lisp, compiler/interpreter improvements, ASDF, etc.

    - Primary Maintainer: Stephen Wilson

    - Version Control Software: Git

        'git-clone ssh://git@axiom-developer.org/~swilson/axisp'    (password: linus)
        
  MathActionRepository

    - Short Description:  Hosts mirror of above build improvements branch and the software behind axiom-developer.org website, including LatexWiki and ZWiki, as well as some work related to the Dspace document archive.  Automatically updated daily from the SVN axiom.build-improvements repository on SourceForge via "Tailor":http://www.darcs.net/DarcsWiki/Tailor

    - Primary Maintainer:  Bill Page

    - Version Control Software:  "Darcs":http://www.darcs.net

    - URL: http://page.axiom-developer.org/darcsweb.cgi

        'darcs get http://page.axiom-developer.org/repository/axiom-darcs build-improvements'

  build-improvements-hg 

    - Short Description:  Mirror of build-improvements and Dspace work.  Automatically updated daily from the SVN axiom.build-improvements repository on SourceForge via "Tailor":http://www.darcs.net/DarcsWiki/Tailor

    - Primary Maintainer:  Bill Page

    - Version Control Software:  "Mercurial (hg)":http://www.selenic.com/mercurial

    - URL: "http://page.axiom-developer.org/repo/hgwebdir.cgi":http://page.axiom-developer.org/repo/hgwebdir.cgi

         'hg clone http://page.axiom-developer.org/repo/hgwebdir.cgi/axiom/build-improvements' 

      tla my-id "Your Name <your@email-address.com>"
      tla register-archive arch@axiom-developer.org--axiom \
        http://www.axiom-developer.org/archive/axiom
      tla my-default-archive arch@axiom-developer.org--axiom
      tla get axiom--main--1 GoldenAxiom

      # later you would say the following in order to update
      cd GoldenAxiom
      tla update