pumpkings and a few others have access to the repository to check in
changes. Periodically the pumpking for the development version of Perl
will release a new version, so the rest of the porters can see what's
-changed. Plans are underway for a repository viewer, and for
-anonymous CVS access to the latest versions.
+changed. The current state of the main trunk of repository, and patches
+that describe the individual changes that have happened since the last
+public release are available at this location:
+
+ ftp://ftp.linux.activestate.com/pub/staff/gsar/APC/
+
+Selective parts are also visible via the rsync protocol. To get all
+the individual changes to the mainline since the last development
+release, use the following command:
+
+ rsync -avuz rsync://ftp.linux.activestate.com/perl-diffs perl-diffs
+
+Use this to get the latest source tree in full:
+
+ rsync -avuz rsync://ftp.linux.activestate.com/perl-current perl-current
+
+Needless to say, the source code in perl-current is usually in a perpetual
+state of evolution. You should expect it to be very buggy. Do B<not> use
+it for any purpose other than testing and development.
Always submit patches to I<perl5-porters@perl.org>. This lets other
porters review your patch, which catches a surprising number of errors