When compiling from source, do we git checkout release-v0.17 or latest (currently v0.17.1.9)?

Question

In the docs, we are told to run git checkout release-v0.17.

But according to releases, latest release is currently v0.17.1.9.

Which one should be checkout?

Answer 1

Figured it out... release-v0.17 for sure (last commit was 13 days ago).

Latest release (currently v0.17.1.9) was released on Jan 8 (months ago).