Thank you. :)
-- Jord van der Elst. On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 12:09 AM, David Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: > I checked in a change so that limits on the number of active > per-project and total file transfers > don't include user files (like background images for SETI@home graphics) > or project files (like images for the simple GUI) > -- David > > > On 12/24/2015 4:41 AM, Jord van der Elst wrote: > >> Hi guys, >> >> Something that's slowly been developing and is starting to be a problem >> with more and more projects. When for whatever reason the small image files >> for Simple View do not download correctly, they get shown as 'some download >> is stalled' in BOINC Manager and all subsequent downloads of work is >> stalled as well. This causes systems to run out of work. >> >> I think we should rethink this, and not have image files of a part of the >> GUI that not everyone uses/sees, be capable of having a catastrophic effect >> on work downloads. >> >> Two threads about this, one in the BOINC forums: >> https://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/forum_thread.php?id=10691 >> And one in the WCG forum: >> https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread_thread,38704 >> >> In the latter, Sekerob shows how to circumvent this problem by >> downloading the image files by hand, but people shouldn't have to go >> through this. Not with BOINC needing to be set & go. >> >> Two solutions come to mind: >> 1. Don't let image files be dependent on downloads. If one or more are >> stuck, too bad but they're not crucial for the client to run, so dismiss >> that they're not in yet and always allow downloads of applications/work to >> continue. >> 2. Compress the image files into a zip file, download that separately >> from work requests, unpack at BOINCs leisure. >> Or perhaps: >> 3. Have a check in place to see what view the user uses. If not Simple >> View, is it necessary to download all image files now, or can we spread >> them over further downloads of work, and still separate their outcome from >> work requests? >> >> Discuss! >> (Heh, always wanted to say that. :-)) >> >> With seasonal greetings, >> >> -- Jord van der Elst. >> > > _______________________________________________ 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.
