I updated my previous post stating that I won't keep track of any module updates because that is way to much work to keep track off. This would soon first get boring, then bugging, then... ahhh, I really don't want to think of what the next stage would be.
If you use a file manager (e.g. Total Commander) to log-in to MODLAND you can sort the listing of files and directories by date, thus easily revealing were changes took place recently. For example recently I uploaded a file into the folder \Protracker\Lord Pegasus. The time stamp of the folder \Protracker and \Protracker\Lord Pegasus reflects that. Though this does not provide any information on deletions, moves, renames.
Daniel wrote scripts which among other tasks keep track of any changes to the file base. If changes took place a file was created on a daily basis, saved to \pub\changelogs\changelog_yyyy-mm-dd.txt. No changes means no log-file to create. I don't know if and when these scripts will be running again, I have no influence on that. So right now I started to keep track of updates to the software and the artist_list.xls, stored to readme_updates.txt in the root folder.
I do use the directory list file my self regularly although this file doesn't get updated too due to non-execution of the maintenance scripts. I guess with 'non-tracker' stuff you mean all those Console related modules (Dreamcast, Gameboy, Spectrum and what not). These were included on decision of Daniel. His idea was to broaden the view beyond the usual Amiga and PC tracker format collections. Maybe he hadn't anticipated the file base would grow this huge as it is now due to inclusion of those console formats and this might be one of the reasons which lead him to exhaustion of maintaining this project. Certainly Daniel was glad being able to hand over the torch to Ziphoid.
Btw, another issue is that you cannot know what updates have been made to the artist_list.xls unless you have an older copy of that list and know of a way to compare them. I do know how to, though.
