Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 23:23:06 -0400   
   From: WINSERVER SUPPORT   
   To: all   
   Subject: FINAL GAMMA AUP 451.5   
   Newsgroups: winserver.public.gamma.testing   
   Message-ID: <1129519883.40.0@winserver.com>   
   X-Mailer: Wildcat! Interactive Net Server v7.0.454.5   
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   The final PRE-RELEASE GAMMA AUP was posted and made available.   
      
   As a Reminder, to access the GAMMA AUP, type the following from your \WC6   
   folder:   
      
           AUTOUPDATE -GAMMA   
      
   This is it. In lieu of any critical issues (i.e. bugs) reported, we don't   
   expect any more changes. Any change, if any, would be making sure the   
   AUP.CHM help has all the new info required to clear up any ambiguity based   
   on comments received.   
      
   This will be a short 1 week gamma aup and will last until new Sunday with a   
   target release date of October 24.  During the week, we will be preparing   
   our CDs to match the AUP 451.5 version. So it is critical that we don't make   
   changes unless absolutely necessary.   
      
   Some information about this update:   
      
   Version 6.1 Build 451.5 is a major update with significant fixes and new   
   features.   If you are up-to-date with Wildcat! versions, this is   
   essentially a plug and play update.   
      
   The most significant fixes and improvements was related to the new WEB   
   Server cookie-based  authentication options introduced in 451.4.   If you   
   never used the new cookie-based authentication features and would like to do   
   so now, see WEB Authentication in AUP.CHM.   If you are currently using   
   cookies, the WCWEBAUTH.ZIP was updated with some minor enhancements.   
      
   The template files were updated. The mail client was cleaned up. The File   
   Client was cleaned up.  A new Web-based Sysop File Editor was added.   
   Really cool, helps to move files around.  New javascripting used for marking   
   for reading and deleting.  (To Brian, this week I will investigate the MAC   
   IE 5.1 JavaScript compatibility issue.  If I can determine what the issue is   
   by Tuesday, I will fix the JavaScript in the new templates.)   
      
   The Web Server was improved to better support the login/logout options.   
      
   If you are using the wcWEB Chat Module, see the special upgrade note about   
   moving the "http\wcnav" folder.   
      
   Overall, the major delay with this 451.5 release was making sure we finally   
   solved the intermittent "hung user" issues with the WEB SERVER many sysops   
   experienced. I have a high 99.99% confidence that it is now fixed.  I say   
   "high confidence" because we were able to finally see how it was all   
   possible - many, complex and different reasons to make it happen.   The   
   solution not only helped solved this web problem but also help improve the   
   integrity of the WCX runtime system.  In other words, the WCBASIC WCX   
   Processor it is even MORE stable than ever before and it is more forgiven   
   for WCBASIC programming mistakes.  Example: A web-based WCX redirecting to   
   WCT template (another WCX process) has some recursive issues. This was a   
   major stability fixed.   
      
   The rest of this week will be used mainly to make sure people who had this   
   hung user problem no longer report it as a problem, including us.   
      
   Thanks for your patience   
      
   -- Hector   
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