I want to compile the release version. I read the readme's on github and it just talks about compiling dcrd, dcrwallet, and dcrctl separately and downloading direct from latest code (not release version). I remember somewhere that you can somehow specify at what point (tag? commit link?) from github you want to download from... or how do I git get just the release version??? I also saw there is info on compiling the installer, but that's not what I want. Do I just download the release source .zip file , and compile that somehow? Thanks.
I don't think there is a guide anywhere, but basically you follow the same instructions for building the latest code except you checkout the appropriate git tags in the various repos. So, before you run the Code: glide install step, you would just do Code: git checkout v0.8.2
As davec said, the releases are just compiled from a tag. The script I use for the cross compiling is in https://github.com/decred/decred-binaries but unless you are planning on building for systems other than the one you are on, you probably don't need that.
Code: $ cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/decred/dcrd $ git checkout master $ git pull $ git checkout v0.8.3 $ glide install $ go install . ./cmd/... Repeat for dcrwallet while changing the directory appropriately.