CURATOR v2.0.0-beta.2
Pre-release
Pre-release
CURATOR v2.0.0-beta.2 is a prerelease.
Added
- Added content-based Atari 8-bit Preservation and Atarimania GameBase authority profiles, plus the verified Atari Lynx Dragnet supplemental DAT.
- Added shared Core-owned Redump CUE recovery and official MAME software-list XML authority with matching-release DTD validation.
- Added database-backed permanent collection manifests, retained reporting history, and explicit Standard, Full Audit, Reconcile, and Detailed Export reporting actions.
- Added Reporting announcements for new permanent collection items, including platform breakdowns.
Changed
- Added the three individually allowlisted CURATOR-created authority DATs to every public release while retaining empty operator-managed DAT surfaces.
- Replaced supported VerifyDump execution with CURATOR's faster deterministic unanimous native CHD/CUE resolver while retaining compatibility database structure and the protected dormant executable.
- Reused unchanged relational DAT authority through content-bound SHA-256 fingerprints and fail-closed Core.Database transactions.
- Retained permanent authority-first Matching and set-first Assembly indexes, refreshed bounded SQLite planner statistics, and used authoritative set identity for multi-member completeness classification.
- Routed stage path handling and bounded leading-text reads through Core.Secondary, clarified NeedsAttention counts and source-identity vocabulary, and optimized Organizer Append verification using complete Core-owned physical-output evidence.
- Published every authoritative platform membership for exact raw cross-platform hash collisions and added offset-aware cartridge-header normalization.
- Derived Reporting results from permanent database records and clarified long-running Organizer and Reporting console operations.
- Clarified README and Developer Handbook MAME scope language: supported software-list XML supplies exact ROM/CHD authority, while complete dependency-aware MAME collection management remains outside CURATOR's scope.
Fixed
- Fixed exact authority-ID reconciliation, CUE-source existence validation, case-distinct DAR sets, repeated member occurrences, and recovery of one exact missing authoritative CUE descriptor.
- Fixed MAME hexadecimal size canonicalization and changed-authority replacement, incomplete CUE-set completion, and unresolved NeedsAttention archive destination routing.
- Fixed Atari Lynx and Atari 7800 header validation, Stage 5 missing-CUE publication and loose-file SHA-1 initialization, and zero-new-item manifest reporting.
- Fixed Organizer Append duplicate totals, duplicate NeedsAttention physical planning, and authority-driven output classification independent of source provenance.
Known limitations
- MAME support remains limited and preliminary and does not replace a dedicated MAME ROM manager.
- Some otherwise valid Alcohol MDF/MDS images may be incompatible with the bundled decoder; CURATOR preserves those sources and routes them for review.
- This is a beta release. Operators should use copied input, retain backups, and verify curated output before replacing original material.
Verified package
- Filename:
CURATOR_v2.0.0-beta.2.zip - Size:
30,318,553 bytes - SHA-256:
90520860C7889F197F734DEA43ED850CA2C68AEB3397E0278CE8B8234177E5D2
See the complete public changelog.