Public launch of BOINC version 6

Message boards : BOINC Manager : Public launch of BOINC version 6
Message board moderation

To post messages, you must log in.

AuthorMessage
mo.v
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 13 Aug 06
Posts: 778
United Kingdom
Message 16284 - Posted: 1 Apr 2008, 12:56:13 UTC

I am delighted and honored to have been asked by the team in Berkeley to announce the launch of BOINC version 6 on all platforms. The platforms are Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Vista. Separate versions of BOINC 6 for Linux, different for every distribution, will be launched at 3-hourly intervals until the beginning of May, or as server traffic dictates. (It is regrettable that several BOINC mirror servers have suddenly and without explanation withdrawn their support.)

Change log

* 93% of the code for BOINC 6 consists of a newly compiled and redesigned BOINC scheduler.

* Each user will respond to 87 simple questions, the answers to which will automatically configure a personalized scheduler for download. To allow maximum flexibility, this procedure must be followed separately for each computer and core thereof.

Sample questions are:

#31 What is your usual bedtime? (The time you leave the computer, NOT the time you get into bed) (UTC or specify other time zone) (Use 24-hour clock) (mm,hh,ss eg 23/23/23)
#59 Give the start date of your next holiday (The date you will turn off the computer, NOT the date you will leave) (MM, YY, DD eg 08/08/08)

* JohnMcLeodVII will be responsible for this part of BOINC.

* A new Wiki dedicated solely to the BOINC scheduler will be launched and named the Unofficial Scheduler Wiki. As John suffered a minor transient nervous collapse shortly before the launch of version 6, volunteers are needed to write and maintain this Wiki until he recovers.

* The remaining 7% of BOINC 6 code requires all project workunits to be version 6 compliant/optimized. Project administrators unfamiliar with what is required should contact Crunch3r. Please note that he is very busy at the moment.

* KathrynSMarksPsych will be responsible for documenting download/installation instructions for all Linux versions in a separate new Wiki.

* All existing BOINC and project Wikis, FAQs and READMEs are deprecated.

* Problems relating to v.6 (we anticipate isolated queries about where/how to install, disappearance of graphics, loss of climate models, blue screens, stop errors, rebooting failures, imagined bugs, the pan-BOINC 'Credit Calculator' algorithm, pop-up messages of every provenance, which Windows version Mac users should select, why v.6 cannot be uninstalled) must be addressed to Ageless and Nicolas on this forum only. BOINC mailing lists should not be used for this purpose.

The Berkeley team are satisfied that BOINC VERSION 6 heralds a new era in distributed computing and are grateful to the alpha-tester, who wishes to remain anonymous.

ENJOY!


Berkeley, CA
1 April 2008


Ediot: Many thanks to the thousands of volunteers already simultaneously writing the new Scheduler Wiki!
ID: 16284 · Report as offensive
John McLeod VII
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 29 Aug 05
Posts: 147
Message 16334 - Posted: 1 Apr 2008, 23:39:25 UTC

What, no discussion?

BOINC WIKI
ID: 16334 · Report as offensive
Profile Jord
Volunteer tester
Help desk expert
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 29 Aug 05
Posts: 15477
Netherlands
Message 16336 - Posted: 1 Apr 2008, 23:52:10 UTC - in response to Message 16334.  
Last modified: 1 Apr 2008, 23:52:35 UTC

People are waiting for a link that works, but it seems that the initial run on the new version brought the new download site is down. :-(
ID: 16336 · Report as offensive
mo.v
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 13 Aug 06
Posts: 778
United Kingdom
Message 16340 - Posted: 2 Apr 2008, 0:07:01 UTC
Last modified: 2 Apr 2008, 0:09:33 UTC

Glad to see you've recovered with such remarkable speed, John. Must be Kathryn giving you some psychological counsel.

LHC updated their workunits to version 6 a day too early and provided a foretaste of things to come.

Otherwise I think everybody's busy having a peek at what the pirates are up to:

http://pirates.spy-hill.net/
ID: 16340 · Report as offensive
Les Bayliss
Help desk expert

Send message
Joined: 25 Nov 05
Posts: 1654
Australia
Message 16341 - Posted: 2 Apr 2008, 0:18:45 UTC

I was going to ask if we could have the list of questions posted here, so that we could study for this entrance exam, but, as it's going to crash all of the climate models anyway, I thought: Why bother?
I'm just going to go back to watching the weeds grow.

ID: 16341 · Report as offensive
John McLeod VII
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 29 Aug 05
Posts: 147
Message 16346 - Posted: 2 Apr 2008, 1:24:41 UTC - in response to Message 16341.  

I was going to ask if we could have the list of questions posted here, so that we could study for this entrance exam, but, as it's going to crash all of the climate models anyway, I thought: Why bother?
I'm just going to go back to watching the weeds grow.


One of the questions is the date and times of all unplanned power and network outages for the next year. (you have to update this once a month). Another is what mix of programs other than BOINC you will be running - minute by minute for the next year. Again, you have to update this once a month. You also need to keep an updated list of planned power and network outages. You need to specify all of the new projects you will join - in advance please.

BOINC WIKI
ID: 16346 · Report as offensive
Profile KSMarksPsych
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 30 Oct 05
Posts: 1239
United States
Message 16347 - Posted: 2 Apr 2008, 2:11:18 UTC

Don't forget to document planned and unplanned system upgrades, downgrades and retrogrades.

And for the Linux folks, factor in the beta releases of your distro of choice.
Kathryn :o)
ID: 16347 · Report as offensive
Profile KSMarksPsych
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 30 Oct 05
Posts: 1239
United States
Message 16348 - Posted: 2 Apr 2008, 2:14:48 UTC - in response to Message 16340.  

Glad to see you've recovered with such remarkable speed, John. Must be Kathryn giving you some psychological counsel.



I made him sing "If You're Happy and You Know" it 6,296 times. And then I made him memorize and perform the llama song until he promised to never argue with the people who want 10/10 CI/AQ on a project with 7 day deadlines.
Kathryn :o)
ID: 16348 · Report as offensive
John McLeod VII
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 29 Aug 05
Posts: 147
Message 16370 - Posted: 2 Apr 2008, 22:57:17 UTC

Yes, this was the April Fools for the year.

BOINC WIKI
ID: 16370 · Report as offensive
Profile KSMarksPsych
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 30 Oct 05
Posts: 1239
United States
Message 16372 - Posted: 2 Apr 2008, 23:21:39 UTC

Thanks Mo!

This was great. I'm looking forward to seeing what you've got cooking for next year :-)
Kathryn :o)
ID: 16372 · Report as offensive

Message boards : BOINC Manager : Public launch of BOINC version 6

Copyright © 2024 University of California.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.