Merge pull request #3933

2861289 readme - explain building master vs. release (Gingeropolous)
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@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ Portions Copyright (c) 2012-2013 The Cryptonote developers.
## Build
### IMPORTANT
These builds are of the master branch, which is used for active development and can be either unstable or incompatible with release software. Please compile release branches.
| Operating System | Processor | Status |
| --------------------- | -------- |--------|
| Ubuntu 16.04 | i686 | [![Ubuntu 16.04 i686](https://build.getmonero.org/png?builder=monero-static-ubuntu-i686)](https://build.getmonero.org/builders/monero-static-ubuntu-i686)
@ -167,9 +171,10 @@ invokes cmake commands as needed.
#### On Linux and OS X
* Install the dependencies
* Change to the root of the source code directory and build:
* Change to the root of the source code directory, change to the most recent release branch, and build:
cd monero
git checkout v0.12.2.0
make
*Optional*: If your machine has several cores and enough memory, enable
@ -179,6 +184,12 @@ invokes cmake commands as needed.
*Note*: If cmake can not find zmq.hpp file on OS X, installing `zmq.hpp` from
https://github.com/zeromq/cppzmq to `/usr/local/include` should fix that error.
*Note*: The instructions above will compile the most stable release of the
Monero software. If you would like to use and test the most recent software,
use ```git checkout master```. The master branch may contain updates that are
both unstable and incompatible with release software, though testing is always
encouraged.
* The resulting executables can be found in `build/release/bin`
@ -225,7 +236,7 @@ Tested on a Raspberry Pi Zero with a clean install of minimal Raspbian Stretch (
```
git clone https://github.com/monero-project/monero.git
cd monero
git checkout tags/v0.11.1.0
git checkout tags/v0.12.2.0
```
* Build:
```