TinyMUSH 3.0 Beta has been released.

The TinyMUSH 3.0 support and download site is at http://www.godlike.com/3.0/
From there, you can:

	- Download source code and patches
	- Subscribe and unsubscribe from the tinymush-support mailing list
	- Read the archives of tinymush-support
	- Read documentation

tinymush-support@godlike.com is the "official" support mailing list for 
TinyMUSH 3.0 (just as mushhacks was the 2.0 list, and tinymux@sneakers.org
was the TinyMUX list). Everyone interested in the 3.0 server is highly
encouraged to subscribe to that list, as well as mush-announce@godlike.com
(a moderated announcements-only list). The list webpages are:

	http://www.godlike.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/tinymush-support
	http://www.godlike.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/mush-announce

Please file bug reports with tinymush-bugs@godlike.com


TinyMUSH 3.0 contains a slew of bugfixes, performance enhancements,
and unique new features. We also believe that it's significantly
easier to install and maintain than earlier versions of the server.
Please see the TinyMUSH 3.0 webpage for the detailed feature lists.

The philosophies behind 3.0 are:

- Stability. Line-by-line walkthroughs of the code, combined with 
  automated testing tools, has contributed to cleaner, more stable
  code.

- Features. The array of TinyMUSH 2.2 and TinyMUX features are supported,
  as well as a very large number of new features. New feature development
  will continue to be an important part of new releases in the future.

- Strong support for power users. We've tried to eliminate as many of the
  common reasons to directly modify the server hardcode, such as
  user-defined flags, modifications around the core of built-in commands
  (including movement) and connectivity to external databases.

- Configurability. Features can be turned on and off at runtime, and
  your various server religious differences are supported runtime config
  options.

- Performance. Real performance improvements supported by profiling data,
  not theoretical algorithmic optimizations that don't create significant
  wins.


This release is a beta. This means the following:

- The release is fully supported and should be reasonably stable.
  You should be able to safely run your game on it without anything
  horrible happening. However, you are strongly advised to keep
  good backups. Once you convert to 3.0, you cannot convert back.

- There are probably some bugs. Hopefully, there are no major bugs,
  but there are undoubtedly a few minor problems and some deviant
  behaviors that might not be ideal implementations of a given
  feature. Bugs will be patched as promptly as the developers can
  manage. (We patched a ton of bugs in the course of doing this
  release, dating all the way back to TinyMUSH 1.0 oddities. 
  However, new features inevitably introduce new bugs.)

- Bug reports that are as comprehensive as possible would be
  appreciated. If possible, we need to know exactly how we can
  reproduce the bug. If you can't reproduce the problem, then
  please provide as much context as possible. Also, you MUST
  note if you are doing something unusual, like running a 
  version that you have patched with non-official patches.

- It is unlikely that syntax and the like will change at this
  point. However, if we discover that a lot of people hate the
  way something works, it's possible that it will change prior
  to the full-fledged release.


The developers can generally be found on The Godlike Edge MUSH,
at edge.godlike.com 6250, though they might not always be at
their keyboards.


	-- The TinyMUSH 3.0 Developers
	   September 27th, 1999