From d9975e5afc21d1b1625a1e3c0030f0b693c02e06 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: nhmall Date: Sun, 27 May 2018 11:50:57 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Revert "update some history" This reverts commit 61bf743fb1a3fb02d0a3ec4d3f5a2b92ea2500c0. --- README | 25 +++++++++++-------------- dat/history | 23 ++++------------------- doc/Guidebook.mn | 17 ++--------------- doc/Guidebook.tex | 23 ++--------------------- 4 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 69 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 08b9c04a2..391b975fc 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -4,23 +4,20 @@ 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 is being released as a collection of a couple of dozen bug fixes -committed since the release of 3.6.1. The file doc/fixes36.2 in the source -distribution has a full list of the bug fixes. 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 3.6.2 contains a collection of more than 15 bug fixes to NetHack 3.6.1. +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. Below you will find some other general notes that were not considered spoilers: -* Significant performance optimizations for tty including the ability to - do per field updating -* Significant performance improvements in sys/winnt/nttty mainly through - the introduction of a back buffer approach -* a couple of windows crash bug fixes during early game startup -* Ensuring that unix Makefiles do not rely on features unique to gnu make -* Improvements to hilite_status parsing in an effort to ensure that all - expected and sensible values ranges are more easily specified and accepted +* 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 - - - - - - - - - - - diff --git a/dat/history b/dat/history index d59663cb7..c6ff13b31 100644 --- a/dat/history +++ b/dat/history @@ -212,28 +212,13 @@ and Integrity (aka Itanium aka IA64) but not VAX. Ray Chason resurrected the msdos port for 3.6.1 and contributed the necessary updates to the community at large. -Shortly after the release of 3.6.1, reports of some display performance -issues on some platforms began to emerge. With the help of some members -of the NetHack community, those issues were tracked down and resolved. -The display performance fixes were combined with a couple of dozen -other bug fixes and released as NetHack 3.6.2 in late May 2018. - -The development team at the time of release of 3.6.2 consisted of -Warwick Allison, Michael Allison, Ken Arromdee, David Cohrs, -Jessie Collet, Pasi Kallinen, Ken Lorber, Dean Luick, Patric Mueller, -Pat Rankin, Derek S. Ray, Alex Smith, Mike Stephenson, Janet Walz, -and Paul Winner. - The official NetHack web site is maintained by Ken Lorber at http://www.nethack.org/. -SPECIAL THANKS: -On behalf of the NetHack community, thank you very much once again to M. -Drew Streib and Pasi Kallinen for providing a public NetHack server at -nethack.alt.org. Thanks to Keith Simpson and Andy Thomson for -hardfought.org. Thanks to all those unnamed dungeoneers who invest their -time and effort into annual NetHack tournaments such as Junehack and in -days past, devnull.net (gone for now, but not forgotten). +On behalf of the NetHack community, thank you very much once again to +M. Drew Streib, Pasi Kallinen and Robin Bandy for providing public +NetHack servers at nethack.alt.org and devnull.net and/or for hosting annual +NetHack tournaments. - - - - - - - - - - diff --git a/doc/Guidebook.mn b/doc/Guidebook.mn index e00a361af..5473a60ce 100644 --- a/doc/Guidebook.mn +++ b/doc/Guidebook.mn @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ .ds vr "NetHack 3.6 .ds f0 "\*(vr .ds f1 -.ds f2 "May 26, 2018 +.ds f2 "May 16, 2018 . .\" labeled paragraph start (should be part of tmac.n, but I don't want to .\" make changes to that file) @@ -4516,26 +4516,13 @@ and Integrity (aka Itanium aka IA64) but not VAX. \fBRay Chason\fP resurrected the msdos port for 3.6.1 and contributed the necessary updates to the community at large. .pg -Shortly after the release of 3.6.1, reports of some display performance -issues on some platforms began to emerge. With the help of some members -of the NetHack community, those issues were tracked down and resolved. -The display performance fixes were combined with a couple of dozen -other bug fixes and released as NetHack 3.6.2 in late May 2018. -.pg -The development team at the time of release of 3.6.2 consisted of -\fBWarwick Allison\fP, \fBMichael Allison\fP, \fBKen Arromdee\fP, -\fBDavid Cohrs\fP, \fBJessie Collet\fP, \fBPasi Kallinen\fP, -\fBKen Lorber\fP, \fBDean Luick\fP, \fBPatric Mueller\fP, -\fBPat Rankin\fP, \fBDerek S. Ray\fP, \fBAlex Smith\fP, -\fBMike Stephenson\fP, \fBJanet Walz\fP, and \fBPaul Winner\fP. -.pg The official NetHack web site is maintained by \fBKen Lorber\fP at http://www.nethack.org/. .pg .hn 2 SPECIAL THANKS .pg On behalf of the NetHack community, thank you very much once -again to \fBM. Drew Streib\fP and \fBPasi Kallinen\fP for providing a +again to \fBM. Drew Streib\fP, \fBPasi Kallinen\fP for providing a public NetHack server at nethack.alt.org. Thanks to \fBKeith Simpson\fP and \fBAndy Thomson\fP for hardfought.org. Thanks to all those unnamed dungeoneers who invest their time and effort into annual diff --git a/doc/Guidebook.tex b/doc/Guidebook.tex index 34f6edd7c..f9c983e3c 100644 --- a/doc/Guidebook.tex +++ b/doc/Guidebook.tex @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ %.au \author{Original version - Eric S. Raymond\\ (Edited and expanded for 3.6 by Mike Stephenson and others)} -\date{May 26, 2018} +\date{May 16, 2018} \maketitle @@ -5283,25 +5283,6 @@ and Integrity (aka Itanium aka IA64) but not VAX. {\it Ray Chason} resurrected the msdos port for 3.6.1 and contributed the necessary updates to the community at large. -%.pg -\medskip -Shortly after the release of 3.6.1, reports of some display -performance issues on some platforms began to emerge. With the help of -some members of the }\it NetHack\/} community, those issues were -tracked down and resolved. The display performance fixes were combined -with a couple of dozen other bug fixes and released as -NetHack 3.6.2 in late May 2018. - -%.pg -\medskip -The development team at the time of release of 3.6.2 consisted of -{\it Warwick Allison}, {\it Michael Allison}, {\it Ken Arromdee}, -{\it David Cohrs}, {\it Jessie Collet}, -{\it Pasi Kallinen}, {\it Ken Lorber}, {\it Dean Luick}, -{\it Patric Mueller}, {\it Pat Rankin}, {\it Derek S. Ray}, -{\it Alex Smith}, {\it Mike Stephenson}, {\it Janet Walz}, and -{\it Paul Winner}. - %.pg \medskip \nd The official {\it NetHack\/} web site is maintained by {\it Ken Lorber} at @@ -5316,7 +5297,7 @@ http:{\tt /}{\tt /}www.nethack.org{\tt /}. \subsection*{Special Thanks} \nd On behalf of the {\it NetHack\/} community, thank you very much once -again to {\it M. Drew Streib} and {\it Pasi Kallinen} for providing a +again to {\it M. Drew Streib}, {\it Pasi Kallinen} for providing a public NetHack server at nethack.alt.org. Thanks to {\it Keith Simpson} and {\it Andy Thomson} for hardfought.org. Thanks to all those unnamed dungeoneers who invest their time and effort into annual