Allow installing specific NDN releases through installer
Adds a flag allowing sets of NDN software release versions to
be installed via source without manually specifying
commits or tags.
Change-Id: Ia19fa9de3ac77172f705a4d475331dc9b40e9376
diff --git a/docs/install.rst b/docs/install.rst
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4. Issue the command:
``grep -c timeout /tmp/minindn/*/ping-data/*.txt``. Each file should
report a count of 0.
+
+
+Release Versions
+----------------
+
+We provide a set of shortcuts to install major release versions of NDN
+dependencies from source.
+
+You can install the most recent release using:
+
+::
+
+ ./install.sh --source --release=current
+
+You can also select a specified release using:
+
+::
+
+ ./install.sh --source --release=[chosen version]
+
+
+Currently, the compatible versions include:
+
+- ``2024-08``: ndn-cxx 0.9.0, NFD 24.07, NLSR 24.08, PSync 0.5.0,
+ ndn-tools 24.07, and compatible versions of ndn-traffic-generator
+ and infoedit.
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