I’ve managed to compile the latest version, so this is solved now.
I must say the ‘compiling instructions’ were very (very) brief… I tried hard, but (for instance) not knowing what SVN is and that I needed another program to get the source didn’t make it very clear… Only after finding the enhanced compiling instructions on the forum I managed to compile without problem
I think it might be a good idea to link to these enhanced instructions from the article. The official instructions seem to be for experienced users only.