Hi Folks,
I'm happy to announce that CBT Version 498 has been cut, dated
12/01/19.
Please note the following announcement:
In between version changes, please download files from the "Updates
Page" to get the latest software. If your file number is not in the
Updates Page, ONLY THEN download it from the "CBT" page. I only do a
few version changes in a year, and in-between versions, LOTS of software
gets updated. This all goes into the "Updates Page" until a full
version is cut again. So the "latest and (hopefully) greatest" is always
in the Updates page, provided that it has been recently updated. Files
that have not been changed since the last version cut, are in the "CBT"
page as usual.
There has been some confusion about this, because in former times,
when the CBT collection was distributed on tapes, Arnie would probably
cut 15 new versions a year, because then, cutting a new version was the
only way to distribute the new changes. But now, on the www.cbttape.org
website, I don't have to cut a new version, to be able to distribute
updates. There is the "Updates Page" now, so I only have to make a
couple of full version cuts a year.
I hope this avoids confusion. Usually the Updates on the Updates
Page are ready to go. Sometimes, though (rather infrequently) they are
in flux, but not usually so. If they are in flux (rarely), they should
be "stable" within a couple of days, because at such a time, we are
usually working rapidly to fix things.
Best of everything to all of you.
Sincerely, Sam
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