Mobile Detect version included with ZC distribution

As far as I can see, the class
/includes/classes/Mobile_Detect.php
is the almost identical file from
http://mobiledetect.net/

with one change: the version number that is shown in the authors file,
eg:

• @version 2.8.22
  */

has been replaced with a Zen Cart one:

• @version $Id: Author: DrByte Sun Dec 13 16:32:43 2015 -0500 New in v1.5.5 $
  */

Since this file is updated outside of the Zen Cart development cycle and store owners may want to always use the latest version, I think the removal of the true version number is unhelpful for comparison purposes.

I note the version included with ZC155b a couple of days ago is actually 2.8.17, released in 17/09/2015.
That is already five versions behind the current version 2.8.22 released 24/04/2016.

An admin notification of a new version would be ideal.

torvista:

Since this file is updated outside of the Zen Cart development cycle and store owners may want to always use the latest version, I think the removal of the true version number is unhelpful for comparison purposes.Ya, that was an error in the automated version stamping process.

torvista:

I note the version included with ZC155b a couple of days ago is actually 2.8.17, released in 17/09/2015.
That is already five versions behind the current version 2.8.22 released 24/04/2016.Oops. One more dependency I wish we hadn't embraced. It's a constantly moving target.

torvista:

An admin notification of a new version would be ideal.Feel free to offer a plugin if you want to maintain it.

Well adding a programmatic check for a new version appears to be more difficult than I expected (I won't say impossible but...), so I just added extra info to the admin as a manual reminder to check now and again.

In YOUR_ADMIN/includes/header.php

<div class="hidden-xs col-sm-3 col-sm-push-6 noprint adminHeaderAlerts">    <?php if ($new_version) { ?>
        <?php echo $new_version; ?><br/>
        <?php echo '(' . TEXT_CURRENT_VER_IS . ' v' . PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR . '.' . PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR . (PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH1 != '' ? 'p' . PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH1 : '') . ')'; ?>
    <?php } ?>
    
    <?php //steve bof check Mobile_Detect
    $mobile_detect_file = DIR_FS_CATALOG . DIR_WS_CLASSES . 'Mobile_Detect.php';
    if ( file_exists($mobile_detect_file) ){
    include($mobile_detect_file);
    $mobile_detect_version = Mobile_Detect::VERSION;
    $mobile_detect_date = date("d/m/Y", filectime($mobile_detect_file));
    echo '<br />using <a href="https://github.com/serbanghita/Mobile-Detect/releases" target="_blank" title="Check GitHub for the latest version">Mobile Detect</a> v' . $mobile_detect_version . ' ' . $mobile_detect_date;
    }//eof ?>
</div>