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+/**
+ * @mainpage
+ *
+ * Tevent is an event system based on the talloc memory management library. It
+ * is the core event system used in Samba.
+ *
+ * The low level tevent has support for many event types, including timers,
+ * signals, and the classic file descriptor events.
+ *
+ * Tevent also provide helpers to deal with asynchronous code providing the
+ * tevent_req (tevent request) functions.
+ *
+ * @section main_tevent_tutorial Tutorial
+ *
+ * You should start by reading @subpage tevent_tutorial, then reading the
+ * documentation of the interesting functions as you go.
+ *
+ * @section main_tevent_download Download
+ *
+ * You can download the latest releases of tevent from the
+ * <a href="http://samba.org/ftp/tevent" target="_blank">tevent directory</a>
+ * on the samba public source archive.
+ *
+ * @section main_tevent_bugs Discussion and bug reports
+ *
+ * tevent does not currently have its own mailing list or bug tracking system.
+ * For now, please use the
+ * <a href="https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba-technical" target="_blank">samba-technical</a>
+ * mailing list, and the
+ * <a href="http://bugzilla.samba.org/" target="_blank">Samba bugzilla</a>
+ * bug tracking system.
+ *
+ * @section main_tevent_devel Development
+ * You can download the latest code either via git or rsync.
+ *
+ * To fetch via git see the following guide:
+ *
+ * <a href="http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Using_Git_for_Samba_Development" target="_blank">Using Git for Samba Development</a>
+ *
+ * Once you have cloned the tree switch to the master branch and cd into the
+ * lib/tevent directory.
+ *
+ * To fetch via rsync use this command:
+ *
+ * rsync -Pavz samba.org::ftp/unpacked/standalone_projects/lib/tevent .
+ *
+ */