@subheading Downloading a source tarball
Packagers are encouraged to use source tarballs for compiling.
+
The tarball for the latest stable release is available on the
@rweb{Source} page.
+@noindent
+The latest
+@uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=snapshot, source code snapshot}
+is also available as a tarball from the GNU Savannah Git server.
+
@noindent
All tagged releases (including legacy stable
versions and the most recent development release) are available
@file{lilypond-@var{x.y.z}/}. Once unpacked, the source files
occupy about 40 MB of disk space.
+Windows users wanting to look at the source code may have to
+download and install the free-software
+@uref{http://www.7-zip.org, 7zip archiver} to extract the tarball.
+
@node Configuring @command{make}
@section Configuring @command{make}