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["Jamin W. Collins" <jcollins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Downloading the latest Debian build will only push this issue out.  The
problem is that upstream (Jamie Zawinski) has added code that checks to
see if the current time is more than 12 months from when xscreensaver
was compiled.  I can't seem to find the current revision control
repository for the Ubuntu package of xscreensaver or I'd provide links
to the code in question within the repository, but here are links to the
code on a github repository:

https://github.com/danfuzz/xscreensaver/blob/f9983b7c0795eacde86415ca6362af0873b1cf07/driver/prefs.c#L1654
https://github.com/danfuzz/xscreensaver/blob/f9983b7c0795eacde86415ca6362af0873b1cf07/driver/splash.c#L170
https://github.com/danfuzz/xscreensaver/blob/f9983b7c0795eacde86415ca6362af0873b1cf07/driver/splash.c#L223

Seems the current 14.10 package was compiled back on December 9th, 2013.
That's what's showing up in the about dialog anyway.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1406825

Title:
  xscreensaver complains "This version of xscreensaver is VERY OLD!"

Status in One Hundred Papercuts:
  Confirmed
Status in xscreensaver package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Early minutes of year 2015 and the xscreensaver complains that "This
  version of xscreensaver is VERY OLD!" in this dialog:
  http://i.imgur.com/VUCQfun.png?1

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: xscreensaver 5.26-1ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-28.38-lowlatency 3.16.7-ckt1
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-28-lowlatency x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: XFCE
  Date: Thu Jan  1 00:44:38 2015
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-11-13 (1144 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
  SourcePackage: xscreensaver
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2014-10-25 (67 days ago)

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