My apologies - I gave Bernd that impression on the strength of http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/changeset/17399
and lines 1143-1158 of the current (trunk) client_state.cpp Changeset 17399 contains #define ERR_UNSTARTED_LATE -233 which again appears in current code, but appears not to be listed on that Wiki page. > Actually the client doesn't make the decision to abort tasks; > it's instructed to do so by the scheduler. > > It's possible to discriminate most cases: see > http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/wiki/JobStatus > > -- David > > On 18-Apr-2011 1:29 AM, Bernd Machenschalk wrote: >> HI! >> >> I recently learned that newer clients automatically abort tasks that have >> not >> been started and are already past the deadline. I like this better than >> the >> previous "... consider aborting it" message. However this is something >> the >> user has no control about. So the text "aborted by user" at various >> places >> (at least in the web code) is outdated and somewhat misleading. >> >> Additionally I, as a project manager, would really like to know whether a >> task was aborted by the client because it passed the deadline (which >> might >> suggest an extension of the deadlines), or whether it was aborted >> manually >> for other reasons. Is there a way to distinguish these two cases? If not, >> could there be made one e.g. by using a different exit status? The way >> the >> web code should be updated / fixed would clearly depends on whether these >> cases can be distinguished. >> >> Best, Bernd >> >> _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list >> boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu >> 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 > boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu > 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 boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
