On the Zabbix development download page (http://www.zabbix.com/developers.php), there are daily snapshots of development versions provided. These usually have the same setup procedures as the released versions. The benefits of using daily snapshots include the following:

• Getting them is a simple download
• The source archive is already generated for you

The drawbacks include the following:

• There is no way to update only those parts of the development version that have actually changed
• There is no way to easily see what actually has changed
• You have no access to the feature branches
• There is no way to get an arbitrary older version

It is suggested to use daily snapshots if you want a simple, one-time peek at how the Zabbix development is progressing.