Hi! As some of you may already know, I’m the release manager for the 0.6 release, and I’m here to announce that the 0.6.0 release is coming very soon! I’ve just uploaded the first release candidate version (0.6.0-rc1) to the CDO server and to the Windows Builds page. What this means is that 0.6 is essentially finished. No new features are going to be added, and bug fixes are going to be restricted to only the most critical of bugs (at least until it’s time for 0.6.1). We’d like to get as much testing as possible done on this version; the sooner we’re convinced of its stability, the sooner we can release 0.6 as the new stable version (or, the sooner we find the remaining critical bugs, the sooner we can get the next release candidate out for testing, as the case may be(: ).
And for those of you who have been holding off on playing trunk builds because of stability issues, well, the wait is almost over! If everything goes incredibly smoothly and according to plan (no guarantees!), we should be able to have an actual release by early next week. Thanks a lot to everyone who has filed bugs, submitted patches, brainstormed new ideas, and tested all of the numerous builds we’ve released over the course of this (admittedly long) release cycle… we couldn’t have done it without you (:
1. Comment by freeformschooler
9/Mar/2010 at 18:23
Woohoo! I guess this doesn’t mean much for the few out there like me who’ve been consistently playing the newest git (compiling every few days). However, a fully stable 0.6 release will be fantastic otherwise.
2. Comment by brand new rogue in town
10/Mar/2010 at 02:27
“Discovered” roguelikes barely six months ago, so I’m still wet behind the ears, but seriously loving you guys (my first) and NetHack. Really looking forward to the new release, even if it’ll probably be 0.7 before I improve enough to actually see the Shoals. Thanks to all the developers for all their efforts and all the fun I’ve had :)
3. Comment by Bim
11/Mar/2010 at 15:40
Awesome work as always guys, I’ve played a few of the trunk builds a while back, but have been purposely holding back for the main event (and due to exams)!! Im sure its going to be absolutely astounding as usual!
4. Comment by makkE
11/Mar/2010 at 18:41
Tried a couple of games on the rc-1 build.
Great additions and changes! Currently playing a Halfling Hunter of Fedhas, very intresting. Love the new ammo types too!
5. Comment by James B
12/Mar/2010 at 17:25
I’m another pretty new crawler who greatly appreciates the hard work going on behind the scenes. One of these days I might even get a MDFi beyond level 10 or so…
6. Comment by Simon
14/Mar/2010 at 20:57
Man, I was excited for this release, but then I tried the release candidate… 3 characters in a row who died on the first couple floors to hits doing over 30 damage each. WTF.
7. Comment by chris e.
15/Mar/2010 at 13:33
yeah i agree, this is much harder… there goes my chances of ascending!!
8. Comment by Napkin
15/Mar/2010 at 13:58
I am playing for years and have just recently managed to win first time and twice in a row in pre-0.6 :D
Don’t give up, guys! :)
9. Comment by Ben
17/Mar/2010 at 09:49
Dudes, seriously.
10. Comment by evktalo
17/Mar/2010 at 10:54
Err, what?
–Eino