On 10-May-2011 11:05 AM, Tom Ritter wrote:
> 1) Is every file required to be listed in the version.xml file?  That
> could get unwieldy for applications with lots of supporting files.

Good point.  I'll make it so you need to list only
those files that have attributes.

>
> 2) Will this work with applications that have subdirectories?  (I
> believe that was a new feature in a recent BOINC client*)

Subdirectories can be specified in the file's logical name;
they tell the client to create subdirectories in the slot directory.

>
> 3) This is way out of scope most likely - but would anyone else find
> it useful to have built-in support for bundling application files and
> automatically unzipping them on the client?  For applications with a
> lot of small files it reduces network roundtrips and bandwith
> considerably.**

This would a desirable feature,
but will have to wait for a future client release.
In the meantime, you can compress files individually; see
http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/wiki/FileCompression#compress-input
(I believe this works for app files as well as input files).

-- David
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