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Message 102083 - Posted: 10 Dec 2020, 20:00:06 UTC
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I notice that there's often several weeks/months before the Release Notes for a new Boinc version is posted.

Can the person in charge please update asap for 7.16.14 and in the future update them faster.
The current page is still showing 7.16.11 only.:

https://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Release_Notes

Thank you very much
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Message 102087 - Posted: 10 Dec 2020, 22:01:19 UTC - in response to Message 102083.  

The problem here is with the logic of the download page. Only for Apple does it show 7.16.14 as recommended, and then not even all Apple versions. For Windows it still shows 7.16.11 as recommended. The release manager for Windows updates the release notes page, and as he did not release a new BOINC for Windows, he didn't update the Release Notes page.

7.16.13 has a fix for the problem the screen saver had with Big Sur (MacOS 11).
7.16.14 has a fix for not being able to install 7.16.12 due to "digital signature is invalid" errors on older MacOS versions.
However, 7.16.14 requires MacOS 10.9 or higher.
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Message 102088 - Posted: 10 Dec 2020, 22:24:48 UTC - in response to Message 102087.  

With that logic, it makes total sense.
I know Windows is the main client here but if someone could allow a new Mac version to auto update the Release Notes page, that'd be great.

Thank you very much for the reply.
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Message 102089 - Posted: 10 Dec 2020, 23:42:16 UTC - in response to Message 102088.  

I have now updated the Release Notes page.
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Message 102090 - Posted: 11 Dec 2020, 0:40:54 UTC - in response to Message 102089.  

Thank you !
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