> Is it possible (useful/reasonable/desirable, etc.) to add functionality that
> when CMP finds a problem with a ROM set, on the scanning report it also lists
> what version of MAME the ROM set was added or changed?
>
> For example, suppose you had ROM set for game "abc" and ran a scan using MAME
> .080 as the dat file and it passes. But then the ROM set is updated (i.e.,
> missing PROM found) and you run a scan again using MAME .082 as the dat file.
> The output would include some message like this:
>
> problem found with abc (ROMs last updated in MAME release .082); missing PROM
>
> I personally would find this useful as I use various versions of MAME (both for
> playing and for CMP). Anyone else might find this useful? Roman, is this
> something do-able (if it's no, I won't bring it up again)? Thanks for
> considering.
>
> Joe
>


Where should it find such information unless keeping an enourmous database? ClrMamePro is datfilebased (even when using a mame binary). These dats don't provide any information about their creationdate...ClrMamePro doesn't even know the order of e.g. all mame database exports. If you use e.g. dats for 80-84, there is no sign in the datfile showing which comes first and which is the newest....

Roman Scherzer
ClrMamePro