From: nhmall Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2019 00:34:36 +0000 (-0400) Subject: README update for 3.6.3 work-in-progress X-Git-Tag: NetHack-3.6.3.wip.2019.10.29~2 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5a95c0372dec63a7e8e7e3d451f2e4aee126b136;p=nethack README update for 3.6.3 work-in-progress --- diff --git a/README b/README index 0592a5efc..2caae21f9 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,24 +1,24 @@ - NetHack 3.6.2 -- General information + NetHack 3.6.3 work-in-progress -- General information 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 3.6.2 contains a collection of about 320 bug fixes to NetHack 3.6.1 -and more than 20 enhancements. The file doc/fixes36.2 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 work-in-progress is not an official release of NetHack. It +currently contains a collection of over 140 bug fixes to NetHack 3.6.3 +and more than 16 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: -* Performance optimizations with tty including the ability to do per field - updating -* sys/winnt/nttty performance improvements mainly through the introduction - of a back buffer approach -* a couple of windows crash bug fixes -* adoption of the curses window port that was in use in the community + +* Over 30 refinements to the curses window port. +* Some refinements to status highlights. +* A couple of fixes to prevent potential game crashes. - - - - - - - - - - - @@ -125,8 +125,7 @@ Please read items (1), (2) and (3) BEFORE doing anything with your new code. If you have problems building the game, or you find bugs in it, we recommend filing a bug report from our "Contact Us" web page at: - https://www.nethack.org/common/contact.html or - http://www.nethack.org/common/contact.html + https://www.nethack.org/common/contact.html Please include the version information from #version or the command line option --version in the appropriate field. @@ -167,6 +166,6 @@ In our own patches, we will assume that your code is synchronized with ours. -- Good luck, and happy Hacking -- -# $NHDT-Date: 1557077369 2019/05/05 17:29:29 $ $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.2 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.55 $ +# $NHDT-Date: 1572309271 2019/10/29 00:34:31 $ $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.57 $ # Copyright (c) 2012 by Michael Allison # NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details.