Updated README.TXT to reflect changes in master branch

Signed-off-by: Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackware-id.org>
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Here are some SlackBuild scripts to build and install the MATE desktop
environment on Slackware. Currently, they build and install MATE 1.6 which is
the stable branch released on April 2, 2013. Please check the main project
website at http://mateslackbuilds.github.com for screenshots and more
information. There is also a link there to some binary packages for Slackware
14.0.
environment on Slackware. Currently, they build and install MATE 1.7 which is
the development release towards MATE 1.8. For those wanted to install MATE 1.6
which was released on April 2, 2013, please checkout the '1.6' branch (See step 2).
Please check the main project website at http://mateslackbuilds.github.com for
screenshots and more information.
There is also a link there to some binary packages for Slackware 14.0.
How to build and install the MATE packages using these scripts:
1. Clone the Git repo or download a tarball/zip of the repo.
2. Read GIT_BRANCHES.TXT to make sure you are on the right branch of the MSB
repo. The stable branch is '1.6'. Checkout that branch using 'git
checkout 1.6' to build from the stable branch.
repo. After cloning the initial Git repo, you will be using 'master' branch
which will build MATE 1.7 and considered development branch. The stable branch
is '1.6'. Checkout that branch using 'git checkout 1.6' to build from the
stable branch.
3. Run the 'mate-build-base.sh' in the msb root directory which will build
and install all the base (required) packages, including necessary dependencies