2 Getting the game

2.1 Download

Liquid War 6 can be found on http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/liquidwar6/.

However, it is still in alpha stage, so it is not playable yet.

These files might also be mirrored, the list of all the availables downloads is accessible on http://www.ufoot.org/liquidwar/v6/download.

Check out the MD5 checksums and GnuPG signatures to verify the integrity and authenticity of the files you download.

2.2 GNU Arch repository

2.2.1 About GNU Arch

There is no CVS repository for Liquid War 6. Instead, a GNU Arch repository is used to follow the different versions. Read the GNU Arch tutorial to learn how Arch works. Note that there are many other source control managers available, some of which provide functionnalities similar to GNU Arch / tla. GNU Arch has been chosen for Liquid War 6 because:

• it is Free Software,
• it is not limited to per-file commits like CVS, and supports atomic commits involving several files,
• it is distributed,
• it enables developpers to sign each of their contributions.

2.2.2 Accessing the repository

The repository for Liquid War 6 is accessible on http://arch.sv.gnu.org/archives/liquidwar6. This is a read-only access, but with the distributed nature of GNU Arch, it still allows you to keep track of your own changes, and submit patches. Accessing it in read/write mode with sftp requires a Savannah account and special rights on the Liquid War 6 project.

Here are typicall commands one can use to get Liquid War 6 source from the GNU Arch repository:

     tla register-archive http://arch.sv.gnu.org/archives/liquidwar6
     tla get -A liquidwar6@sv.gnu.org liquidwar6--alpha

All the patches in the archive are signed with GnuPG, so you can check their authenticity with my public key.

You might need to edit your $HOME/.arch-params/signing/=default.check file and put the following text in it:

     tla-gpg-check gpg_command="gpg --verify-files -"