No release-version source link

[TheBlueMatt]

https://bitcoin.org/en/download links to a bunch of release versions and release information, and then a source link directly to master, which is rather strange (at some point this confused someone, dont recall the exact scenario). I dont have a specific suggestion for fixing this, but it is confusing.

[harding]

Maybe:

Get the source code: This Version / Development Version

The "This Version" would need to be updated with every release, but the tag naming is consistent, so that should be an easy update.

[saivann]

Linking to the "releases" page on GitHub (https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/releases) would be more simple when it comes to not making the layout too complicate / buggy for mobiles IMO.

Although I am a little bit surprised some people found this confusing and have a preference for keeping the current GitHub link; we can see the releases from there and linking to GitHub is pretty usual these days. I suspect previous confusion was due to the "Source Code" link being prominently displayed near "Windows / Mac / Linux" download links in the past, that isn't the case anymore.

[harding]

I'm embarrassed to admit that I once cloned the repo on the master branch immediately after a release came out, built it, and thought I'd get the same program as the released version. It seems to me that it isn't immediately clear to an outsider how far master and the release branches diverge (currently 0.9.3 -> master diverge by over 1,200 commits, although that may partly be due to squashing).

Although it was clearly my fault for not looking before I leapt, I can see how the current download page can confuse readers into thinking that the Source Code link takes them to the version of the source code used in the binary packages on that same page.

I think @saivann's suggestion of changing the existing Source Code text to link to the releases page is an excellent way to avoid confusion.

[saivann]

@harding Thanks! Then I think it's just me, there seems to be enough evidence that people are often confused here, I'll update the link right away.