And besides, we already have the *<no_priority_change> *option, isn't that what we want users to use instead?
-- Jord van der Elst. On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 11:32 PM, Richard Haselgrove < [email protected]> wrote: > The trouble with this global starting point is that - if selected - it > knocks out the subtle, planned, evolved behaviour which BOINC already has > for managing priority. > > We currently have special priority cases (in the sense of OS run priority > - point taken, and well made) for NCI apps, GPU apps, and wrapper apps. All > of those go out of the window if the user chooses a Default Process > Priority. This feels like a special case for the benefit of users who run > one project only under BOINC, and as such rather mitigates against the > vision of BOINC as a project-neutral (and multi-project) infrastructure. > > > > > On Tuesday, 29 September 2015, 21:00, David Anderson < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > We could increase the resolution; > > a global setting is a good starting point. > > > > Just so everyone knows: > > this involves the OS priority at which tasks run, > > not BOINC's prioritization of tasks (i.e. which ones run first). > > > > -- David > > > > On 9/29/2015 1:10 AM, Richard Haselgrove wrote: > >> Is it really appropriate for the new Default process priority switch to > > operate at the cc_config level? > >> > >> I'd have thought it was a more natural fit for app_config, so that the > > user could adjust the relative priority of different projects, different > > applications, and even different app_versions. > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
