Re: [boinc_dev] release 7.8.3?

2017-10-22 Thread Laurence
The BOINC client v7.8.3 is available for testing on Linux For Debian/Ubuntu sudo apt-add-repository ppa:costamagnagianfranco/boinc sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install boinc-manager For Fedora/RedHat/CentOS sudo dnf config-manager --set-enable updates-testing sudo dnf install

Re: [boinc_dev] release 7.8.3?

2017-10-22 Thread Richard Haselgrove
Presumably it would be worth enquiring into the coverage offered by the distribution-specific packaged versions, before committing any resources. What proportion of our Linux volunteers (both current and potential) are running a dialect of Linux for which there is an active package maintainer?

Re: [boinc_dev] release 7.8.3?

2017-10-22 Thread Steffen Möller
Hello, On 17.10.17 00:15, David Anderson wrote: > Our policy for a long time was: > > - provide a .sea release (including manager) for current Ubuntu/x86, >   with no effort to make it run anywhere else. > - provide a client-only (no manager) release built on an old Linux > system, >   everything