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- From: Chris Johnson <chrisj@emx.cc.utexas.edu>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
- Subject: Gatekeeper 1.2.6 Expiration Explanation
- Date: 8 Jan 1993 19:30:33 GMT
- Organization: University of Texas at Austin Computation Center
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- [This message was originally sent comp.sys.mac.announce several days ago,
- but has yet to appear there.]
-
-
- Users of Gatekeeper 1.2.6 will soon be receiving a warning stating that
- 1.2.6 is out of date and should be replaced with a more recent version.
- This warning appears automatically when modern versions of Gatekeeper
- exceed six months in age and is intended to prevent people from unwittingly
- depending on obsolete versions of the program which may no longer offer
- effective or safe protection from viruses. Inspite of the warning, though,
- Gatekeeper 1.2.6 remains FULLY functional.
-
- The six month time limit was chosen because it seemed likely that due to
- the need for periodic bug fixes, functional improvements, and code to stop
- new viruses, new versions would always be released within six months of
- each other. Unfortunately, the testing/debugging phase for Gatekeeper
- 1.2.7 has run enexpectedly long and delayed its release beyond the
- anticipated six months.
-
- So, some form of 1.2.7 will be made available as soon as possible (if it
- has bugs, it certainly has far fewer than 1.2.6), and, in the meantime,
- Gatekeeper 1.2.6 remains as functional as ever even though it will complain
- about being out of date once every five days.
-
- I apologize for any inconvenience.
-
- When 1.2.7 is available, an anouncement will be posted in the "comp.sys.
- mac.announce" newsgroup, it will be sent to all major Macintosh archive
- sites, and posted to the comp.binaries.mac newsgroup.
-
- ----Chris
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- Chris Johnson
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- be a short delay. Please return to your seats."
- -- Douglas Adams
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