@@ -97,15 +97,20 @@ Downloads To obtain a tar.gz or zip archive of the Fabric source code, you may visit either of the following locations: -* The official downloads are available via `git.fabfile.org - <http://git.fabfile.org>`_. Our Git repository viewer provides downloads of +* The official downloads are located in Fabric's Redmine instance at + http://code.fabfile.org/projects/fabric/files/. This is the spot you want + to download from for operating system packages, as the only changing part of + the URL will be the filename itself and the md5 hashes will be consistent. +* Our `Git repository viewer <http://git.fabfile.org>`_ provides downloads of all tagged releases. See the "Download" column, next to the "Tag" column in - the middle of the front page. -* `Our GitHub mirror <http://github.com/bitprophet/fabric>`_ has downloads of - all tagged releases as well -- just click the 'Download' button near the top - of the main page. + the middle of the front page. Please note that due to how cgit generates tag + archives, the md5 sums will change over time, so use of this location for + package downloads is not recommended. +* `Our GitHub mirror <http://github.com/bitprophet/fabric>`_ also has downloads + of all tagged releases -- just click the 'Download' button near the top of + the main page. * `Fabric's PyPI page <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Fabric>`_ offers manual - downloads as well as being the entry point for :ref:`easy-install`. + downloads in addition to being the entry point for :ref:`easy-install`. .. _source-code-checkouts: docs/installation.rst 54f95071b9c5128ef45850ff8b3a223bf7669862 Jeff Forcier jeff@bitprophet.org http://github.com/bitprophet/fabric/commit/6244dd88386520204efbaabcaf1c386fa99aa4c9 6244dd88386520204efbaabcaf1c386fa99aa4c9

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Update download instructions to include Redmine. Also make explicit the info regarding stable md5sums, re #64. 36d3cfc88fc3776f414f2e49a56752b4cbffd862 Jeff Forcier jeff@bitprophet.org