From 37988d04f02178fb04f5f6b843715794a71f2a61 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2022 13:57:22 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Version bump for 1.8 release.

---
 Makefile | 2 +-
 NEWS     | 5 ++++-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ef8bddd..89ac9a9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # Makefile for `Hunt the Wumpus' and `Superhack' games
 #
-VERS=1.7
+VERS=1.8
 
 prefix?=/usr
 
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5ad34c4..4557236 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 = wumpus project news =
 
-1.6: 2019-03-25::
+1.8: 2022-03-14::
+  Numerous small C fixes by Julian Cowley. 
+
+1.7: 2019-03-25::
   Added the logo and a historical note about it.
   Minor bug fix for suprhack.
   Change license from 3-clause BSD to 2-clause BSD and add SPDX tags.
-- 
2.31.1