- NetHack 3.6.3 post-beta1 -- General information
+ NetHack 3.6.3 -- General information December 5, 2019
NetHack 3.6 is an enhancement to the dungeon exploration game NetHack,
which is a distant descendent of Rogue and Hack, and a direct descendent of
NetHack 3.4 as there was no NetHack 3.5 release.
-NetHack 3.6.3 post-beta1 is not an official release of NetHack. It
-currently contains a collection of over 190 bug fixes to NetHack 3.6.2
-and over 22 game enhancements and community contributions. The file
-doc/fixes36.3 in the source distribution has a full list of them.
-The text in there was written for the development team's own use and is
-provided "as is", so please do not ask us to further explain the entries
-in that file. Some entries might be considered "spoilers", particularly in
-the "new features" section.
+NetHack 3.6.3 is the official release of NetHack that follows NetHack 3.6.2.
+It contains a collection of over 190 bug fixes to NetHack 3.6.2 and over 22
+game enhancements and community contributions. The file doc/fixes36.3 in the
+source distribution has a full list of them. The text in there was written for
+the development team's own use and is provided "as is", so please do not ask
+us to further explain the entries in that file. Some entries might be
+considered "spoilers", particularly in the "new features" section.
Below you will find some other general notes that were not considered
spoilers:
Bart House, who had contributed to the game as a porting team participant
for decades, joined the NetHack Development Team in late May 2019.
+NetHack 3.6.3 was released on December 5, 2019 containing over 190 bug
+fixes to NetHack 3.6.2.
+
The official NetHack web site is maintained by Ken Lorber at
http://www.nethack.org/.
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-.ds f2 "December 1, 2019
+.ds f2 "December 5, 2019
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\fBBart House\fP, who had contributed to the game as a porting team
participant for decades, joined the NetHack Development Team in late May 2019.
.pg
+NetHack 3.6.3 was released on December 5, 2019 containing over 190 bug
+fixes to NetHack 3.6.2.
+.pg
The official NetHack web site is maintained by \fBKen Lorber\fP
at
.UR http://www.nethack.org/ .
%.au
\author{Original version - Eric S. Raymond\\
(Edited and expanded for 3.6 by Mike Stephenson and others)}
-\date{December 1, 2019}
+\date{December 5, 2019}
\maketitle
{\it Bart House}, who had contributed to the game as a porting team participant
for decades, joined the {\it NetHack Development Team} in late May 2019.
+%.pg
+\medskip
+NetHack 3.6.3 was released on December 5, 2019 containing over 190 bug
+fixes to NetHack 3.6.2.
+
%.pg
\medskip
\nd The official {\it NetHack\/} web site is maintained by {\it Ken Lorber} at