I'm afraid this may be a stupid question, but I have found conflicting information about the latest basemap version and I'd like to know the correct answer. And maybe someone can improve the available information

• The matplotlib basemap pages mention a 1.0.8 version, of February 13, 2014: http://matplotlib.org/basemap/api/index.html
• According to the github releases page, the latest version is 1.0.7, on 17 Aug 2013: https://github.com/matplotlib/basemap/releases
• The github basemap homepage says download basemap-X.Y.Z.tar.gz (approx 100 mb) from the sourceforge download site but does not provide the latest X.Y.Z information and the link to the appropriate sourceforge page : https://github.com/matplotlib/basemap
• The matplotlib basemap installation page (http://matplotlib.org/basemap/users/installing.html) provides a sourceforge link for Windows binary installers or source tarballs, where you can find a 1.0.7 version dated August 2013 : https://sourceforge.net/projects/matplotlib/files/matplotlib-toolkits/
• pypi provides the 1.0.7 version (without mentioning a release date): https://pypi.python.org/pypi/basemap/1.0.7

In summary, it seems you can get a 1.0.7 stable release, and there is a more recent virtual (?) 2-year old 1.0.8 release ? This is a bit confusing