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authorDave Whiteland <dave@mysociety.org>2014-06-17 17:28:17 +0200
committerDave Whiteland <dave@mysociety.org>2014-06-17 17:28:17 +0200
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rewrite first para to refer to specific release tags
It's true it's on master, but unwise to use that in production. Also, it's helpful to link to the releases on github!
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## Master branch contains the latest stable release
The developer team policy is that the `master` branch in git should always
-contain the latest stable release. Therefore, in production, you should usually
-have your software deployed from the `master` branch.
+contain the latest stable release -- so you'll be up to date if you pull from
+the `master` branch. However, on your <a
+href="{{site.baseurl}}docs/glossary/#production" class="glossary">production site</a>,
+you should know precisely what version you're running, and deploy Alaveteli
+from a [*specific* release tag](https://github.com/mysociety/alaveteli/releases).
Upgrading may just require pulling in the latest code -- but it may also require
other changes ("further action"). For this reason, for anything other than a