Difference between revisions of "Change Log 5.8.6"
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| + | * MGR: Disable advanced preferences dialog box. | ||
| + | * MGR: Do not refresh the Simple GUI when the manager is hidden. | ||
| + | * MGR: use a scientifically chosen set of colors for disk pie charts | ||
| + | * client: there was logic that wouldn't start a result for a project if it had > 2 active uploads (intended to prevent an unbounded buildup of files for a project whose upload server is broken). It is was never triggered since the default is 2 active transfers per project. Maybe I meant persistent file transfers. In any case, this is a bad policy because there may be a project with lots of output files per result, possibly large, and there's no reason to keep it from computing. So instead, I changed it to not start a result from a project if its number of results in FILES_UPLOADING state exceeds 2*ncpus. | ||
| + | * client and MGR: reorganize message priorities. There are now three priorities: | ||
| + | :MSG_USER_ERROR | ||
| + | ::Conditions that require user intervention. These messages are written for non-tech users, and tell the user exactly what to do. | ||
| + | :GUI: red letters | ||
| + | ::MSG_INTERNAL_ERROR | ||
| + | :::Conditions that may indicate a problem or bug in BOINC itself, or with a BOINC project or account manager. The message is prepended with [error]". | ||
| + | :GUI: black letters | ||
| + | ::MSG_INFO | ||
| + | :All other messages. | ||
| + | :GUI: black letters | ||
| + | ::Note: all messages that must be enabled by cc_config.xml use MSG_INFO priority | ||
| + | * MGR: Flip the sorting icons for the Grid Control. | ||
| + | * MGR: Remove legacy tabs. | ||
| + | * MGR: Fix the OnFrameRender function in the Simple GUI, some of the logic in it blows out of the function with a return which was leaving the static variable that was guarding against repeated executions to true. This in turn kept the GUI from updating. | ||
| + | * Mac: Change MSG_ERROR to MSG_INTERNAL_ERROR in Mac-specific source file. | ||
| + | * MGR: Add a new menu item that'll shutdown the core client that the manager is connected too. It'll prompt for a new computer afterwards. | ||
| + | * client: another attempt at fixing the problem where a project is issuing work but not uploading files. | ||
| + | :New solution: don't fetch work from a project with more than 2*ncpus results in FILES_UPLOADING state. | ||
| + | ::Note: this doesn't address John McLeod's point that we shouldn't increase LTD for projects in this state. | ||
Revision as of 16:54, 28 May 2016
Date unknown, copied 25 March 2007
- MGR: Disable advanced preferences dialog box.
- MGR: Do not refresh the Simple GUI when the manager is hidden.
- MGR: use a scientifically chosen set of colors for disk pie charts
- client: there was logic that wouldn't start a result for a project if it had > 2 active uploads (intended to prevent an unbounded buildup of files for a project whose upload server is broken). It is was never triggered since the default is 2 active transfers per project. Maybe I meant persistent file transfers. In any case, this is a bad policy because there may be a project with lots of output files per result, possibly large, and there's no reason to keep it from computing. So instead, I changed it to not start a result from a project if its number of results in FILES_UPLOADING state exceeds 2*ncpus.
- client and MGR: reorganize message priorities. There are now three priorities:
- MSG_USER_ERROR
- Conditions that require user intervention. These messages are written for non-tech users, and tell the user exactly what to do.
- GUI: red letters
- MSG_INTERNAL_ERROR
- Conditions that may indicate a problem or bug in BOINC itself, or with a BOINC project or account manager. The message is prepended with [error]".
- MSG_INTERNAL_ERROR
- GUI: black letters
- MSG_INFO
- All other messages.
- GUI: black letters
- Note: all messages that must be enabled by cc_config.xml use MSG_INFO priority
- MGR: Flip the sorting icons for the Grid Control.
- MGR: Remove legacy tabs.
- MGR: Fix the OnFrameRender function in the Simple GUI, some of the logic in it blows out of the function with a return which was leaving the static variable that was guarding against repeated executions to true. This in turn kept the GUI from updating.
- Mac: Change MSG_ERROR to MSG_INTERNAL_ERROR in Mac-specific source file.
- MGR: Add a new menu item that'll shutdown the core client that the manager is connected too. It'll prompt for a new computer afterwards.
- client: another attempt at fixing the problem where a project is issuing work but not uploading files.
- New solution: don't fetch work from a project with more than 2*ncpus results in FILES_UPLOADING state.
- Note: this doesn't address John McLeod's point that we shouldn't increase LTD for projects in this state.
