Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed.

2014-10-06 Thread Eric J Korpela
...@comcast.net To: 'McLeod, John' john.mcl...@sap.com; jacob_w_kl...@msn.com; r.haselgr...@btopenworld.com; boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu Sent: Saturday, October 4, 2014 1:37 PM Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed. You can still easily get into deadline trouble with either large

Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed.

2014-10-06 Thread McLeod, John
...@msn.com]; boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu [boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu] Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed. If a project really needs half day deadlines, the BOINC architecture may not be the right choice. If it doesn't really need half day deadlines, it shouldn't have

Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed.

2014-10-06 Thread Eric J Korpela
Haselgrove [r.haselgr...@btopenworld.com] *CC:* Charles Elliott [elliott...@comcast.net]; McLeod, John [ john.mcl...@sap.com]; jacob_w_kl...@msn.com [jacob_w_kl...@msn.com]; boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu [boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu] *Subject:* Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed

Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed.

2014-10-06 Thread McLeod, John
: r.haselgr...@btopenworld.com [r.haselgr...@btopenworld.com]; elliott...@comcast.net [elliott...@comcast.net]; jacob_w_kl...@msn.com [jacob_w_kl...@msn.com]; boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu [boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu] Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed. That may be the goal

Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed.

2014-10-06 Thread Raistmer the Sorcerer
@ssl.berkeley.edu] Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed. That may be the goal. The client machines may have other plans. On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 10:16 AM, McLeod, John john.mcl...@sap.commailto: john.mcl...@sap.com wrote: BOINC should be able to handle half to two day

Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed.

2014-10-06 Thread McLeod, John
@ssl.berkeley.edu [boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu]; r.haselgr...@btopenworld.com [r.haselgr...@btopenworld.com]; korp...@ssl.berkeley.edu [korp...@ssl.berkeley.edu] Subject: Re[2]: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed. If user wouldn't participate in his favorite game tournament exactly

Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed.

2014-10-05 Thread Filip Rydlo
(www.nitrodesk.com) -Original Message- From: Erik Veit [zombi...@mac.com] Received: Saturday, 04 Oct 2014, 11:38AM To: McLeod, John [john.mcl...@sap.com] CC: boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu [boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu] Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed. But that’s exactly

Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed.

2014-10-04 Thread Charles Elliott
@ssl.berkeley.edu; elliott...@comcast.net Subject: RE: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed. You can still easily get into deadline trouble with either large queues, or multiple projects and an occasional tight deadline. Sent from my Android phone using TouchDown (www.nitrodesk.com

Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed.

2014-10-04 Thread Richard Haselgrove
; jacob_w_kl...@msn.com; r.haselgr...@btopenworld.com; boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu Sent: Saturday, October 4, 2014 1:37 PM Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed. You can still easily get into deadline trouble with either large queues, or multiple projects and an occasional

Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed.

2014-10-04 Thread McLeod, John
] Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed. Just observe. I'm currently running two SIMAP tasks which were issued with a two-day deadline (additional replications required for validation - they must be using reliable_reduced_delay_boundX/reliable_reduced_delay_bound When a need

Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed.

2014-10-04 Thread Jacob Klein
From: john.mcl...@sap.com To: elliott...@comcast.net; jacob_w_kl...@msn.com; boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu; r.haselgr...@btopenworld.com Subject: RE: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed. Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2014 13:00:15 + That is one I had forgotten about. BOINC is probably

Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed.

2014-10-04 Thread Erik Veit
: Charles Elliott elliott...@comcast.net To: 'McLeod, John' john.mcl...@sap.com; jacob_w_kl...@msn.com; r.haselgr...@btopenworld.com; boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu Sent: Saturday, October 4, 2014 1:37 PM Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed. You can still easily get

Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed.

2014-10-04 Thread David Anderson
There are actually 2 exceptions to round-robin: - jobs that would miss their deadline in round-robin - jobs that haven't checkpointed The question is whether we should show this info in the GUI. My inclination is to show it in the event log rather than the GUI. However we express it in the GUI,

Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed.

2014-10-04 Thread McLeod, John
@ssl.berkeley.edu] Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed. Set a two day queue, and BOINC panics. Use the words that the users are already using. “Panic Mode”. It’s concise, easily understandable, no confusion with system priority, and is the term BOINC users have been

Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed.

2014-10-04 Thread McLeod, John
]; McLeod, John [john.mcl...@sap.com]; elliott...@comcast.net [elliott...@comcast.net]; BOINC Development [boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu]; Richard Haselgrove [r.haselgr...@btopenworld.com] Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed. There are actually 2 exceptions to round-robin

Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed.

2014-10-04 Thread Erik Veit
: Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed. Set a two day queue, and BOINC panics. Use the words that the users are already using. “Panic Mode”. It’s concise, easily understandable, no confusion with system priority, and is the term BOINC users have been using for years

Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed.

2014-10-04 Thread McLeod, John
@ssl.berkeley.edu [boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu] Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed. But that’s exactly what BOINC *is* doing. It’s stopped thinking, and is no longer considering all the normal scheduling rules. It’s scheduling on pure fear (panic) of a missed deadline

Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed.

2014-10-04 Thread McLeod, John
To: McLeod, John [john.mcl...@sap.com] CC: boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu [boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu] Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed. But that’s exactly what BOINC *is* doing. It’s stopped thinking, and is no longer considering all the normal scheduling rules. It’s

Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed.

2014-10-04 Thread Erik Veit
To: boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu [boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu] Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed. Set a two day queue, and BOINC panics. Use the words that the users are already using. “Panic Mode”. It’s concise, easily understandable, no confusion

Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed.

2014-10-04 Thread McLeod, John
[boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu] Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed. Set a two day queue, and BOINC panics. Use the words that the users are already using. “Panic Mode”. It’s concise, easily understandable, no confusion with system priority, and is the term BOINC

[boinc_dev] High priority status message removed.

2014-10-03 Thread McLeod, John
OK, High Priority made it sound like it was running at High OS Scheduler Priority, but some tag that it is not in the normal RR schedule might be good for helping diagnose problems. ___ boinc_dev mailing list boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu

Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed.

2014-10-03 Thread Richard Haselgrove
To: boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu Sent: Friday, October 3, 2014 2:01 PM Subject: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed. OK, High Priority made it sound like it was running at High OS Scheduler Priority, but some tag that it is not in the normal RR schedule might be good

Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed.

2014-10-03 Thread Jacob Klein
Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed. The removal followed a question and answer session at the BOINC workshop in Budapest earlier this week. The OS scheduler mis-interpretation was one that I highlighted, but there was also a problem with users thinking that High

Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed.

2014-10-03 Thread McLeod, John
@ssl.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed. The removal followed a question and answer session at the BOINC workshop in Budapest earlier this week. The OS scheduler mis-interpretation was one that I highlighted, but there was also a problem with users thinking that High

Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed.

2014-10-03 Thread Jord van der Elst
Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed. The removal followed a question and answer session at the BOINC workshop in Budapest earlier this week. The OS scheduler mis-interpretation was one that I highlighted, but there was also a problem with users thinking that High

Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed.

2014-10-03 Thread Jord van der Elst
Haselgrovemailto:r.haselgr...@btopenworld.com Sent: ‎10/‎3/‎2014 9:19 AM To: McLeod, Johnmailto:john.mcl...@sap.com; boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edumailto:boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed. The removal followed a question and answer session at the BOINC

Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed.

2014-10-03 Thread McLeod, John
: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed. Task xx_yy_zz running as preference, trying to meet the deadline. Task xx_yy_zz running in precedence, trying to meet the deadline. Seeing how we do want to tell that it's a status in order of importance or urgency, we may want to go

Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed.

2014-10-03 Thread Jord van der Elst
though. -Original Message- From: boinc_dev [mailto:boinc_dev-boun...@ssl.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Jord van der Elst Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 11:53 AM To: David Anderson Cc: BOINC Dev Mailing List Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed. Task xx_yy_zz

Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed.

2014-10-03 Thread McLeod, John
Cc: David Anderson; BOINC Dev Mailing List Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed. Priority: a thing that is regarded as more important than another. or: the fact or condition of being regarded or treated as more important. or: the right to take precedence or to proceed

Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed.

2014-10-03 Thread Jacob Klein
anything that beats my proposal, hence why I'd still like to see it. :) From: john.mcl...@sap.com To: els...@gmail.com Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2014 16:13:11 + CC: boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed. I know the dictionary meanings

Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed.

2014-10-03 Thread Jord van der Elst
to mean settable by the user. -Original Message- From: Jord van der Elst [mailto:els...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 12:10 PM To: McLeod, John Cc: David Anderson; BOINC Dev Mailing List Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed. Priority: a thing

Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed.

2014-10-03 Thread Richard Haselgrove
3, 2014 5:24 PM Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed. On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 6:13 PM, McLeod, John john.mcl...@sap.com wrote: I know the dictionary meanings.  Precedence tends to carry a connotation of permanent. From BOINC's point of view, it runs these tasks before

Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed.

2014-10-03 Thread Juha
@ssl.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed. I know the dictionary meanings. Precedence tends to carry a connotation of permanent. Preference t (in computers at least) tends to mean settable by the user. -Original Message- From: Jord van der

Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed.

2014-10-03 Thread McLeod, John
] Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed. Skipping queue to meet deadline ? -Juha On 3 October 2014 19:15, Jacob Klein jacob_w_kl...@msn.com wrote: I still would like to see Prioritized to meet deadline in the UI, next to Running, despite David's logic against it. The user's

Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed.

2014-10-03 Thread Richard Haselgrove
boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu; juha.sointus...@gmail.com juha.sointus...@gmail.com Sent: Friday, October 3, 2014 7:44 PM Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed. That misses the detail that the time is borrowed, and will be paid back. Sent from my Android phone using TouchDown

Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed.

2014-10-03 Thread Juha
: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed. Skipping queue to meet deadline ? -Juha On 3 October 2014 19:15, Jacob Klein jacob_w_kl...@msn.com wrote: I still would like to see Prioritized to meet deadline in the UI, next to Running, despite David's logic against it. The user's

Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed.

2014-10-03 Thread Jord van der Elst
@ssl.berkeley.edu] *Subject:* Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed. Skipping queue to meet deadline ? -Juha On 3 October 2014 19:15, Jacob Klein jacob_w_kl...@msn.com wrote: I still would like to see Prioritized to meet deadline in the UI, next to Running, despite David's logic

Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed.

2014-10-03 Thread Jacob Klein
Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed. Simplest and very truthfully is of course: Running, trying to meet deadline. Does that really need an explanation of borrowing time, running ahead of the pack, skipping queue, take precedence, risk at missing or high priority? -- Jord

Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed.

2014-10-03 Thread Charles Elliott
: Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed. I'd like to see Prioritized to meet deadline in the UI, next to Running. From: Richard Haselgrovemailto:r.haselgr...@btopenworld.com Sent: ‎10/‎3/‎2014 9:19 AM To: McLeod, Johnmailto:john.mcl

Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed.

2014-10-03 Thread McLeod, John
, 10:10PM To: 'Jacob Klein' [jacob_w_kl...@msn.com]; 'Richard Haselgrove' [r.haselgr...@btopenworld.com]; McLeod, John [john.mcl...@sap.com]; boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu [boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu] Subject: RE: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed. On my computer, which is allocated