From 407422479a8db077858cc1efce62ed8abb15e2a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Claudio=20Andr=C3=A9?= Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 08:00:26 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] docs: alert about known release errors (#709) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit There are relevant bugs in previous versions of `john`. It's really important that people know this and stop using older versions of the software. This is a temporary warning, which should be removed as soon as we have a better mechanism for releasing improvements to the software. People who use older versions may simply be wasting their time by doing so. As a result of the bugs detected and fixed in the main repository, a new release is more than welcome. Signed-off-by: Claudio André --- readme.md | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md index 1aa33bed..c8735905 100644 --- a/readme.md +++ b/readme.md @@ -46,6 +46,14 @@ Office's, plus lots of other hashes and ciphers. ## Introduction +> [!IMPORTANT] +> +> Some relevant fixes have been committed to the main john repository: office, rar, zip, PDF, ... +> +> IF YOU CONTINUE TO USE OUTDATED SOFTWARE, FALSE NEGATIVES ARE POSSIBLE AND YOU WILL BE WASTING YOUR TIME AND CPU +> CYCLES.\ +> IT IS MANDATORY TO STOP USING PREVIOUS VERSIONS, AS THEY ARE KNOWN TO HAVE ERRORS. + ### Continuous Delivery Status We produce software in short cycles, ensuring that the software can be reliably released at any time, following a