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# Version Info VERSION LIST (since 2000) HISTORIC VERSION LIST (1993-1999) ## VERSION LIST (since 2000)
### See ´ARB change log´ for info about changes in recent and current versions. ### See also http://bugs.arb-home.de/wiki#ARBversions
## HISTORIC VERSION LIST (1993-1999)
    Version Date            Comments
    (b=beta)
    1.0:    1993-94         Openwin Version
    2.0.0b  June 95         Full Motif Version,
                            Phylip included,
                            Final database but untested
                            Only online help available
    2.0.1b  July            Undo Redo,
                            Phylip running fully in background
                            save/load branch labels to NEWICK Format
    2.1.0   November        GDE editor can save
                            NEW ALI editor from Niels, Fogt ...
                            a lot of bug fixes: database fixes,
                            recover from corrupt database, ...
    2.1.1   January 96      GDE is working now
                            compressing matrices is possible
    _       May             Save Changes as
                            Parsimony inserts species sorted by sequence length
                            bug fixes:      - import by readseq improved
    2.1.2   July            USA visit.
                            Simple Import Function implemented
                            Perl Interface is running
    2.1.3   August          PT_server can be updated on the fly
    2.2b    August          Fast Load File implemented (uff a lot of work)
                            bug fixes:      Consensus, import sequences
                            new:            set protection of database fields
    2.2.2b  August          more bug fixes in Fast Load File
    2.3b    September       much better sequence compression
                            bug fix: probes for groups
    2.4b    October         Tags implemented, Tags can be used to subdivide fields
                            resize of most windows does work
    2.5b    November        Overall Compression
                            Incremental fastdnaml
                            phylips dnapars is running twice as fast now
                            Search nearest neighbours + Equal Fields
    _       December        Linux Version
    _       January 97      Macros
    _       February        One major bug fixed in the database system
                            Prototype of the new editor
    _       March           OSF Alpha Version
                            Bootstrap for Neighbour Joining
    _       April           Fast Aligner
                            Merge preserves alignment
    _       February 99     ARB_EDIT4 now is the default editor.
                            Code for amino-DNA-translation/realignment
                            completely rewritten.