Package: boinc-manager Version: 6.12.14+dfsg-1 Severity: normal File: /usr/bin/boincmgr
The previous version of the boinc-manager (6.10.x) worked exactly as one would expect: hitting the window close button would exit the boinc manager, but boinc tasks and scheduling would continue as normal in the background. However the most recent update to boinc-manager (6.12.x) has very odd behavior: hitting window-close simply iconifies the window, but otherwise leaves the boinc-manager running. This is bad, not only because it's confusing for the user, but because the boinc-manager has some unpleasant side-effects while it's running, such as very frequent network activity (I don't know what it's actually doing, but there's network activity about once a second due to the boinc-manager, maybe some sort of keep-alive...). It's possible to _really_ exit the new versio of the boinc-manager by selecting "Exit BOINC Manager" from the "File" menu. however this pops up a scary sounding dialogue box that implies boinc will basically stop working if you exit. As far as I can figure, this isn't true -- in the past, boinc scheduling and task worked absolutely fine without the boinc-manager running, and this appears to still be true with the new version. Thus this dialogue box is misleading; however I suspect many users will be scared by what it says, and opt not to exit the boinc-manager out of confusion. To fix these problems, I'd suggest that the boinc-manager's behavior should be restored to that of the previous version: 1) Since the boinc-manager is not necessary for boinc operation, the window close button should exit the boinc-manager application, as the user expexts. 2) The misleading dialogue box should be removed or at least reworded to reflect the way things actually work. Thanks, -Miles -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (101, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.37-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages boinc-manager depends on: ii libc6 2.11.2-11 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libgcc1 1:4.6-20110216-1 GCC support library ii libglib2.0-0 2.28.0-2 The GLib library of C routines ii libgtk2.0-0 2.20.1-2 The GTK+ graphical user interface ii libnotify1 [libnotify1- 0.5.0-2 sends desktop notifications to a n ii libsqlite3-0 3.7.4-2 SQLite 3 shared library ii libstdc++6 4.6-20110216-1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii libwxbase2.8-0 2.8.10.1-3+b1 wxBase library (runtime) - non-GUI ii libwxgtk2.8-0 2.8.10.1-3+b1 wxWidgets Cross-platform C++ GUI t Versions of packages boinc-manager recommends: ii boinc-client 6.12.14+dfsg-1 core client for the BOINC distribu ii ia32-libs 20110117 ia32 shared libraries for use on a Versions of packages boinc-manager suggests: ii libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10-4 A free implementation of the OpenG ii libxt6 1:1.0.9-2 X11 toolkit intrinsics library -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
