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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
Packages are available for
* Ubuntu and [snap supported](https://snapcraft.io/docs/core/install) systems, via a community contributed build.
snap install monero --beta
Installing a snap is very quick. Snaps are secure. They are isolated with all of their dependencies. Snaps also auto update when a new version is released.
* Arch Linux (via [AUR](https://aur.archlinux.org/)):
Packaging for your favorite distribution would be a welcome contribution!
## Compiling Monero from source
### Dependencies
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* ```make release-static-win64``` builds binaries on 64-bit Windows portable across 64-bit Windows systems
* ```make release-static-win32``` builds binaries on 64-bit or 32-bit Windows portable across 32-bit Windows systems
## Installing Monero from a package
**DISCLAIMER: These packages are not part of this repository or maintained by this project's contributors, and as such, do not go through the same review process to ensure their trustworthiness and security.**
Packages are available for
* Ubuntu and [snap supported](https://snapcraft.io/docs/core/install) systems, via a community contributed build.
snap install monero --beta
Installing a snap is very quick. Snaps are secure. They are isolated with all of their dependencies. Snaps also auto update when a new version is released.
* Arch Linux (via [AUR](https://aur.archlinux.org/)):