Talk:Next version

Shouldn't this article be next version instead of NetHack 3.5.0? -paxed

True. Done. --ZeroOne 11:26, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Savefile compatibility

What's the source for the sentence "it will not be savefile compatible"? --ZeroOne 07:11, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

I think it's just an observation that incrementing the minor number (3.X++) has always broken savefile compatibility; indeed, this can be one of the criteria for determining whether a new release is a minor update (3.X++) or a bugfix update (3.X.Y++). --Eidolos 07:14, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Ah, well, since it isn't certain that the next version is 3.5.0, then I think this sentence should be removed or at least marked somehow. --ZeroOne 09:27, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Net Hackem Forever?

Also known as Net Hackem Forever? Hardly, I don't think I've heard that one anywhere else. --Paxed 00:13, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Besides, Duke Nukem Forever was actually released. 71.178.48.17 03:18, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

Dead?

Are there any clues developement is still in progress? Dead people or projects don't usually announce their demise, so we could be waiting forever. Tjr 00:40, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

The bug list is updated about once a month, so there's at least some work being done. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.169.69.185 (talk • contribs) 6 March 2009

Judging by the new post by Pat, I think it's alive and just taking a while to finish. 99.167.105.221 16:54, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

Pat might be alive, but that doesn't say anything about how alive the development process is. The 3.4.x series stopped suddenly after a few releases that looked liked normal bug fix releases. Bugs piled up afterwards. After so many years, I wouldn't hold my breath that even my grand children will see another Vanilla NetHack release. Go play a Variant. --Bhaak 17:07, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

NEW VERSION OUT!!

3.6.0! https://nethack.org/v360/release.html -74.76.230.85 02:01, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

Citation for claim that next version is 3.7.0?

Lede says next version is 3.7.0. First, "is" is wrong. We just do not know. Second, this claim is not backed by a citation to nethack.org or rgrn or any other place the devteam speaks with authority. Third, this lede has been here since December 15 2019, so it's been wrong 4 times already. 3.6.4, 3.6.5, 3.6.6, 3.6.7 were released after this lede was committed.

Does anyone have evidence to offer about this? If not, then after a week or so, I will rewrite the lede. Something like:

The current version of NetHack is NetHack 3.6.7. Based on external observation, it is likely that the next version will be either 3.6.8 (which would very likely be a small bugfix release) or 3.7.0 (which would be a major feature release).

Furey (talk) 05:03, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

The NetHack Github clearly labels the upcoming version 3.7, and said versions is also made available to play on Hardfought. --Umbire the Phantom (talk) 05:09, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

Github is authoritative evidence, all right! And on https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack I see the README talking about 3.7. But it doesn't say that 3.7 will be the next release. Just that 3.7 is a work in progress. It doesn't say at all that the next release has to be 3.7.0 (rather than a 3.6.8). Furey (talk) 05:28, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

3.7 was in development while 3.6.6 was originally the latest stable - the latter was only updated to 3.6.7 specifically to address a serious security flaw. Barring another discovery of that nature, I'm not seeing much reason to believe 3.6.8 has a non-zero chance of existing. --Umbire the Phantom (talk) 05:32, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

The lede asserting 3.7.0 has already been wrong four times. The current version was 3.6.3 when this lede was committed, and there have been four releases since then, none of which were 3.7.0. Every time it's wrong, one could say "this is the last time it will be wrong", and someday it really will be the last time it was wrong. But after having a flat claim that's been wrong four times since its inception in December 2019, I'd like to rewrite a lede with such a history of wrongness. Furey (talk) 05:39, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

"The lede asserting 3.7.0 has already been wrong four times."

Ok. Then just specify the next major version or something similar. --Umbire the Phantom (talk) 05:45, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

How does this look to you: The next major version of NetHack is very likely to be NetHack 3.7.0.[1]

Furey (talk) 05:49, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

Sure. --Umbire the Phantom (talk) 05:52, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

Done. -- Furey (talk) 05:57, 3 June 2024 (UTC)