Instructions in readme cause people to build devel branch at random commits instead of release branches

[PeaStew]

System information

These instructions really should have instructions on how to find the latest release branches for beta/alpha and how to check them out before building:

git clone --recurse-submodules -j8 https://github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon.git
cd erigon

<-- find <release branch> instructions -->

git checkout <release branch>
make erigon
./build/bin/erigon

[PeaStew]

Latest Beta: https://github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon/releases?q=beta&expanded=true Latest Alpha: https://github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon/releases?q=alpha&expanded=true

[tjayrush]

I'm not officially on the team, but you should make a PR instead of just an issue. I've done that in the past. The team is very open to useful additions to the README such as this.

Plus, I think you're absolutely right. Better instructions are needed. I've gotten bitten multiple times by building the wrong version.

[AskAlexSharov]

Now tags do not contain information: is it "beta" or "alpha". it's confusing. Only way to find release - search on github: https://github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon/issues/4756#issuecomment-1189148133 We will change naming of versions/tags soon - will add there clear label about beta/alpha/etc... For now we recommend: run latest "alpha" version.

[PeaStew]

I'm not officially on the team, but you should make a PR instead of just an issue. I've done that in the past. The team is very open to useful additions to the README such as this.

Plus, I think you're absolutely right. Better instructions are needed. I've gotten bitten multiple times by building the wrong version.

Was asked by @mandrigin to make an issue specifically.

[mandrigin]

Yep, I did ask for that, because even fixing now won’t really solve it until we promote the current alpha to stable. And then it’s a good time to update the docs.

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