A few months back, I decided to create and maintain a Universal Subversion OSX Binary. The idea was to create a single package that included Subversion and all features supported by the core Subversion development team. The reasons behind this were many but largely in part to a colleague that wanted an easier way to get Subclipse via JavaHL running on his new Mac. Once built and tested, it was released and the feedback has been very good. Working at CollabNet, whom I work for and who sponsors Subversion and the site that my binaries are hosted on, I have access to the download metrics for this binary. Last week, I heard the binary had been downloaded over 26K times and has become the single-most downloaded artifact on openCollabNet. I was shocked to hear this information while ultimately excited at how a weekend project, which has become more obviously due to demand, has had such an impact. If you're on a Mac and you need Subversion, I'd suggest you give my binary a try. Here are the details:

• Included with the package:
  • Standard Subversion installation with all shared libraries and executables
  • All repository access layers and repository data stores
  • Apache 2.2.x Subversion modules
  • Language bindings for Java, Perl, Python and Ruby
• Download Location: http://downloads.open.collab.net/binaries.html
• Project Location: http://svnbinaries.open.collab.net