Hello,
Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org> writes:
> That's great! However, is a cut of the release branch as good as an actual
> release?
It is better, since it contains more bugfixes than last release without
adding new features.
> Thought experiment: if it is good enough, surely the web site should
> point users to this installation method for the stable version?
Isn't it the case already? From the first page I see
M-x list-packages RET (see Org ELPA)
Daily snapshots: tar.gz or zip