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CURATOR v2.0.0-beta.2

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@Jiraiya1969 Jiraiya1969 released this 26 Aug 01:18
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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.