add note about c++ version, adjust formatting in README

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kay kurokawa 2018-06-04 14:42:10 -04:00 committed by Umpei Kay Kurokawa
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Contributions to this project are welcome, encouraged, and compensated. For more details, see [lbry.io/faq/contributing](https://lbry.io/faq/contributing)
The codebase is in C++03, C++11 is currently not supported but we will be migrating to it in the near future. Recommended GCC version is 4.8 or greater.
The `master` branch is regularly built and tested, but is not guaranteed to be
completely stable. [Releases](https://github.com/lbryio/lbrycrd/releases) are created
regularly to indicate new official, stable release versions.
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Testing and code review is the bottleneck for development; we get more pull
requests than we can review and test on short notice. Please be patient and help out by testing
other people's pull requests, and remember this is a security-critical project where any mistake might cost people
lots of money.
Developers are strongly encouraged to write [unit tests](/doc/unit-tests.md) for new code, and to
lots of money. Developers are strongly encouraged to write [unit tests](/doc/unit-tests.md) for new code, and to
submit new unit tests for old code. Unit tests can be compiled and run
(assuming they weren't disabled in configure) with: `make check`