Re: [boinc_dev] 7.10 client release

2017-09-19 Thread Jord van der Elst
I think that you should get your priorities straight first, David. You released a BOINC 7.8 onto the community and don't do anything about aftercare, documentation, or release notes/version history. What I dislike the most about this new setup is that you go ahead with releasing a version,

Re: [boinc_dev] 7.10 client release

2017-09-18 Thread Juha Sointusalo
On 18 September 2017 at 00:47, David Anderson wrote: > Master has a number of improvements relative to 7.8.2, > so I'd like to make a release branch and start testing soon. > > Is there any work in progress that I should wait for? > I broke client's logging and I'd like

Re: [boinc_dev] 7.10 client release

2017-09-18 Thread Richard Haselgrove
The non-starting client problem seems to have been caused by a batch of CPDN simulations - specifically WAH2 PNW - with 51 upload files. First report of a successful restart with that task removed. So, provided the under-sized buffer fix is included in the build - that's "client: eliminate

Re: [boinc_dev] 7.10 client release

2017-09-18 Thread Richard Haselgrove
We are getting a few sporadic reports, so far with inadequate details, of both Linux and OS X client crashes using v7.8.2, which leave even older clients (after re-installation) unable to start. It appears that the crashes are possibly triggered by an application crash, but as yet it's unclear

Re: [boinc_dev] 7.10 client release

2017-09-17 Thread Charlie Fenton
As I wrote earlier, I'm working on screensaver fixes for compatibility with Mac OS 10.13 High Sierra. But it will be a few more days or a week before that is ready for testing, so don't hold off on 7.10 for that. I'll merge it into both master and the branch after the pull request is approved.