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@@ -86,9 +86,9 @@ See [LICENSE](LICENSE). If you want to help out, see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for a set of guidelines. -## Scheduled mandatory software upgrades +## Scheduled software upgrades -Monero uses a fixed-schedule mandatory software upgrade (hard fork) mechanism to implement new features. This means that users of Monero (end users and service providers) need to run current versions and upgrade their software on a regular schedule. Mandatory software upgrades occur during the months of March and September. The required software for these upgrades will be available prior to the scheduled date. Please check the repository prior to this date for the proper Monero software version. Below is the historical schedule and the projected schedule for the next upgrade. +Monero uses a fixed-schedule software upgrade (hard fork) mechanism to implement new features. This means that users of Monero (end users and service providers) should run current versions and upgrade their software on a regular schedule. Software upgrades occur during the months of April and October. The required software for these upgrades will be available prior to the scheduled date. Please check the repository prior to this date for the proper Monero software version. Below is the historical schedule and the projected schedule for the next upgrade. Dates are provided in the format YYYY-MM-DD. @@ -100,12 +100,13 @@ Dates are provided in the format YYYY-MM-DD. | 1288616 | 2017-04-15 | v5 | v0.10.3.0 | v0.10.3.1 | Adjusted minimum blocksize and fee algorithm | | 1400000 | 2017-09-16 | v6 | v0.11.0.0 | v0.11.0.0 | Allow only RingCT transactions, allow only >= ringsize 5 | | 1546000 | 2018-04-06 | v7 | v0.12.0.0 | v0.12.0.0 | Cryptonight variant 1, ringsize >= 7, sorted inputs +| XXXXXXX | 2018-10-XX | XX | XXXXXXXXX | XXXXXXXXX | X X's indicate that these details have not been determined as of commit date. ## Release staging schedule and protocol -Approximately three months prior to a scheduled mandatory software upgrade, a branch from Master will be created with the new release version tag. Pull requests that address bugs should then be made to both Master and the new release branch. Pull requests that require extensive review and testing (generally, optimizations and new features) should *not* be made to the release branch. +Approximately three months prior to a scheduled software upgrade, a branch from Master will be created with the new release version tag. Pull requests that address bugs should then be made to both Master and the new release branch. Pull requests that require extensive review and testing (generally, optimizations and new features) should *not* be made to the release branch. ## Installing Monero from a package @@ -187,6 +188,16 @@ library archives (`.a`). [^] On Debian/Ubuntu `libgtest-dev` only includes sources and headers. You must build the library binary manually. This can be done with the following command ```sudo apt-get install libgtest-dev && cd /usr/src/gtest && sudo cmake . && sudo make && sudo mv libg* /usr/lib/ ``` +### Cloning the repository + +Clone recursively to pull-in needed submodule(s): + +`$ git clone --recursive https://github.com/monero-project/monero` + +If you already have a repo cloned, initialize and update: + +`$ cd monero && git submodule init && git submodule update` + ### Build instructions Monero uses the CMake build system and a top-level [Makefile](Makefile) that |