There are several steps on the Parts Update creation process that have sought to provide release information for this in the past. Are all these elements still needed?
- create a dummy lcad<YYRR>.exe in http://www.ldraw.org/library/updates/ - just an empty file nowadays, but my notes indicate that this is for LDView
- rebuild a list of distribution file stats accessible with http://www.ldraw.org/cgi-bin/ptreleases.cgi as text or XML. See here for the available parameters
- update a small SSI file at http://www.ldraw.org/includes/update.ssi - I assume this was for an older version of the LDraw website, rather thaan LDView
- until update 2009-03 inclusion of a Note<YYRR>.txt file and since update 2008-01 a Note<YYRR>CA.txt file in the ldraw/models folder
- create a dummy lcad<YYRR>.exe in http://www.ldraw.org/library/updates/ - just an empty file nowadays, but my notes indicate that this is for LDView
- rebuild a list of distribution file stats accessible with http://www.ldraw.org/cgi-bin/ptreleases.cgi as text or XML. See here for the available parameters
- update a small SSI file at http://www.ldraw.org/includes/update.ssi - I assume this was for an older version of the LDraw website, rather thaan LDView
- until update 2009-03 inclusion of a Note<YYRR>.txt file and since update 2008-01 a Note<YYRR>CA.txt file in the ldraw/models folder
Chris (LDraw Parts Library Admin)