There is already a setting where this can be turned off. ... and you misunderstood my comments. This is a feature directly pointed at the casual participant. The setting to adjust it (or turn it off completely) is already in place so it can be turned off.
The question is "how do we find out if this makes BOINC tolerable for this specific class of participant?" ... and you've proven nicely that the current testers are the wrong ones to ask. -- Lynn On 2/17/2010 11:30 AM, Ed A wrote: >> The testars are self-selected volunteer computing zealots who would rather >> have broken video playback (or stop BOINC manually) than a 5% drop in RAC. > > Wow, these "zealots" are trying to help science in the way they are able by > running BOINC. > > Could we have a setting or cc_config.xml to turn off this suspension > "feature"? It wasn't necessary before, don't see why it is now. This has > never been a problem in my many years of running BOINC. There are still > some problems but this won't solve those. BTW, thanks again for adding the > ability of setting true backup projects. It is very much appreciated. > > Thanks/Ed > _______________________________________________ > boinc_dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev > To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and > (near bottom of page) enter your email address. > _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
