Talk:Swarm software

Previous contents of Swarm software. Moved here when page was redirected to Swarm: software main page. --SFRailsback 18:13, 9 Feb 2006 (EST)

Which version should I get?

Most people should attempt to download and install the current stable release: 2.2

Occasionally we make development snapshots based on the version in CVS (which is the version we make bugfixes in). There are no development versions at this time.

Where do I find Swarm software and directions for installing it?

On the stable release page.

Where do I get user support?

User support is obtained by joining the Swarm support email list, where questions are likely to be answered by one of your many generous fellow Swarm users.

Where Swarm development happens: GNU Savannah site

The CVS, bug tracking and development for Swarm is hosted on GNU Savannah: run by the Free Software Foundation for hosting free software projects.

http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/swarm/

The latest source tarballs for Swarm and swarmapps will be made available there, so it acts as a partial mirror if you can't access ftp.swarm.org or one of the other mirrors. In the future, we plan to use some of Savannah's features for co-ordinating projects and/or allow users to co-ordinate their own Swarm-related projects.

Several users also use SourceForge for co-ordinating their projects, these are independent from the SDG:

Artificial Stock Market: http://sourceforge.net/projects/artstkmkt/
Evo: http://sourceforge.net/projects/evo/

Download site

Swarm software (source, example applications, documentation, packages) is available at: http://ftp.swarm.org/pub/swarm

(But first see the stable release page.)

Numbering convention

Swarm is divided into three main pieces: source, documentation, and applications. They are each bestowed version numbers that are independently increased except for major releases of the source. The version map right now is:

source: 2.2 
docs: 2.2
apps: 2.1.1 (being updated)
       heatbugs: 2.1.1
       template: 2.1.1
         market: 2.1.1
      mousetrap: 2.1.1
       tutorial: 2.1.1
    hello-world: 2.1.1