Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 19:15:55 -0700 From: Adam Kranzel <adam@alameda.edu> To: ports@freebsd.org Cc: roam@freebsd.org, dscheidt@enteract.com, yoshi@parodius.com, sf@freebsd.org, kris@obsecurity.org, knu@idaemons.org Subject: Re: Suggestions/cleanups for the nethack ports Message-ID: <01050519155500.07957@fathermojo.dyndns.org>
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(apologies for resending this, i forgot to cc -ports) On Saturday 05 May 2001 05:06, you wrote: > At Sat, 5 May 2001 04:48:23 -0700, > > Kris Kennaway wrote: > > On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 03:08:30PM -0700, Adam Kranzel wrote: > > > The nethack port is still at 3.2.3, which is no longer maintained, > > > and should probably be retired. > > > > > I believe the reason it was left around is that 3.3 breaks > > compatibility with saved games, so people with old savefiles and > > long-running games may be annoyed if it goes away :-) Perhaps it could become nethack32 or something instead? I would hope most people have finished their saved games in it by now, but there are probably some people who still want to play it. > I might digress, but 3.3.1 has some serious bugs that let me hesitate > in moving on to the new world. For example, try zapping a wand of > polymorph at your pet and see it KABOOOM!! ;) It does indeed have some bugs, although considering that every bug on the list at nethack.org has "fixed in next release" next to it, perhaps we can expect a new version soon. There are also 3rd-party patches available for some of the bugs, which I will try to find. I have also been informed that the existing nethack-gtk port contains additional features over the GTK support integrated into the base distribution, so we should probably keep it, though perhaps it should be renamed. I will try to get some patches together in a week or so, I have finals this week, so I don't have much free time. -Adam To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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