BOINC 7.8.0 for Macintosh is available for testing. In addition to the changes mentioned for Windows, the Mac build has extensive modifications to replace deprecated system calls with ones currently recommended by Apple, to ensure continued compatibility with future versions of Mac OS X. Please test thoroughly.
Cheers, --Charlie Fenton On Jul 1, 2017, at 9:39 PM, David Anderson <da...@ssl.berkeley.edu> wrote: > I released 7.8.0 for testing (Windows 32 and 64, with and without VBox). > > Alpha testers: this is a potential public release candidate; > please test it thoroughly, including the VBox versions. > > Changes relative to 7.7.2: > > - Vbox installers have Vbox 5.1.22 rather than 5.1.18 (should work on Win 10) > > minor changes: > - On startup, show alternate platforms > - On startup, show account manager name if using one > - Don't crash if can't open gui_rpc_auth.cfg > - Fix display of max disk usage > > support for future features (not testable at this point): > - Add mechanism for account managers to send opaque data to schedulers > - Include peak FLOPS in GPU descriptions sent to AMs and schedulers > - Add GUI RPCs for read/write app_config.xml files (for BOINCTasks) > > -- David > _______________________________________________ > boinc_dev mailing list > boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu > https://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 https://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
