Which point release is installed?

[Simpler]

I recently installed ZoneMinder 1.28.1 on Linux Mint 17.2 using ppa:iconnor/zoneminder, but I see discussions and the github site talking about 1.28.108.

When I run ZoneMinder, the top of the screen shows 1.28.1.

Is this really running the ".1" release and not the ".108" release?

Where there really 107 "point" releases between what is available on the ppa and what is available on github?

How can I check the actual version that is installed?

[asker]

You have installed the latest stable version which is 1.28.1

1.28.108 is the latest development snapshot and is part of zoneminder-master branch of iconnors PPAs. You are on the zoneminder branch.


Note that development snapshots are not fully tested and may contain bugs - which is why they are not recommended for production deployment.

[Simpler]

Thanks for the reply. I'm still trying to figure all of this out.

Just for kicks, I installed new VM of Linux Mint 17.2 and then went through the instructions to install 1.28.1 (the easy way), but instead of adding repository:

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ppa:iconnor/zoneminder

I added:

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ppa:iconnor/zoneminder-master

thinking that I would be getting 1.28.108, but I got 1.26.5
What's up with that? Is there a similar set of instructions to load the latest development environment (.108)?

Thanks

[knight-of-ni]

The latest official release is always shown here:
https://github.com/ZoneMinder/ZoneMinder/releases

If it isn't shown on that page, then it isn't an official release.

[bbunge]

There are upgrade instructions on the WIKI. With changes to the packaging I have held off on specific procedures for a stable release. However, those upgrade instructions are not exactly right as they reference the zoneminder ppa and not the master branch.