What does "-DEV" mean in the version "v1.56.2-DEV"? Is this still a stable release?

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What is the problem you are having with rclone?

I don't understand the version tag response from the rclone version command.
I have installed rclone from source and I receive the tag: v1.56.2-DEV.
But what does "-DEV" mean?
Does it mean that it is sort of a developement version? (Although from the documentation I understand that you call those "beta" versions)
So, is this a stable release? Or do I need to find and install another proper stable release? How to do that?
(I have seen tags in the forum/web that go like "v1.58.0-DEV" too. So this is common but I have not found a proper explanation.)

Run the command 'rclone version' and share the full output of the command.

rclone v1.56.2-DEV
- os/version: suse 12.3 (64 bit)
- os/kernel: 4.4.180-94.100-default (x86_64)
- os/type: linux
- os/arch: amd64
- go/version: go1.17.2
- go/linking: dynamic
- go/tags: none
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DEV means someone built it and compiled it.

Official binaries are here:

Rclone downloads

Official install is here:

Install (rclone.org)

You'd really want to avoid any packaged versions with any repository as you don't know what they do to them and most are not maintained (while some are).

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If you want the exact version, then you need to checkout the v1.56.2 tag and you should get the correct code.

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What would the reason to build it rather than just download if you are building the identical thing?

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If you are doing software development on rclone then there are quite a few reasons why (eg checking the build is reproduced or forking that version for a patch), but if you are just using rclone then downloading a prebuilt one is best.

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I meant for the more common user not doing development as I think the OP was asking in that realm.

I was good for the development bit but wasn't sure of other use cases I was not thinking about.

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