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Re: Netscape "Timebomb"?
From: Paul Cowan <paul.cowan () WISHLIST COM AU>
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 16:41:28 +1100
Hi all,
I didn't take the time to fully go through the file and find out *exactly* what it does, but just search for "timebomb" and you'll see stuff listed that is relative to these settings.
Very interesting! This is just a guess; however, from the comments contained in the source code to which you posted a link, my guess would be that it's the expiration time for the beta builds. That is: version 4.0 beta (or whatever) stops working after midnight on the 17th of July (or whatever). The main thing that made me think this was the following comment: /* ** Don't ever forget about this!!! ** ** This is ALL superseeded by the setting in /ns/modules/libpref/src/init/all.js ** lock for timebomb.use_timebomb ** Define TIMEBOMB_ON for beta builds. ** Undef TIMEBOMB_ON for release builds. */ #define TIMEBOMB_ON /* #undef TIMEBOMB_ON */ /* ** After this date all hell breaks loose */ A bit of a vague description, but the rest of the code seems to bear that out: after (timebomb warning days) before the beta expires, start popping up 'this is about to expire' dialog boxes; then, when it's passed, pop up a 'please download a new version' box, and stop working. Cheers, Paul
Current thread:
- Netscape "Timebomb"? Usman (Sep 27)
- Re: Netscape "Timebomb"? Erik Fichtner (Sep 28)
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- Re: Netscape "Timebomb"? Paul Cowan (Sep 27)