I've done some more work on the subversion repository -- it's now accessible via http/https:
Check out stable version: svn checkout http://svn.openvpn.net/projects/openvpn/trunk/openvpn openvpn Check out beta21 branch: svn checkout http://svn.openvpn.net/projects/openvpn/branches/BETA21/openvpn openvpn Build a tarball from checkout: [cd to top level of checkout directory] autoreconf -i -v ./configure make dist James