0019767: Fatal error: Your phpList version is older than two years

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0019767	phpList 3 application	General	public	14-02-19 08:01	15-02-19 08:55

Reporter	xheni	Assigned To
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	have not tried
Status	new	Resolution	open

Summary	0019767: Fatal error: Your phpList version is older than two years
Description	Reported by v3.3.1 users: https://discuss.phplist.org/t/fatal-error-your-phplist-version-is-older-than-two-years/4970
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michiel 14-02-19 21:59 administrator ~0061897	https://github.com/phpList/phplist3/commit/d4ee3cf63170d471e937f86b6a3053c31333f450#commitcomment-32318660

michiel 14-02-19 22:01 administrator ~0061898	I think asking to upgrade once every two years is not too much. The main reason to keep this check in is to avoid abandoned installations polluting the internet.

duncanc 15-02-19 08:05 updater ~0061899	So far as I can see release 3.3.1 is the last release that actually defined the RELEASEDATE constant in init.php. Now the age check isn't now being done because the constant isn't defined. Presumably there was a build step that inserts that line, which now isn't being run.

~~samtuke~~ 15-02-19 08:55 manager ~0061900	@duncanc That's right. The release date could be taken from the download server (automatic updates) or reinserted into the build process. It would be good if an automated warning about old releases expiring could be generated, so that admins are warned at least one month in advance. As for how the fatal error: more information and links in the error, as a minimum, would be an improvement.