Now there's an idea. Although this will probably add unnecessary white lines again, just as [pre/], [code/], [list/] and [quote/] do. But yeah, it's something to think about.

[b]Preliminary Change Log 7.0.65 --> 7.1.1 (more or less complete now):[/b][list]
* client: major overhaul of work-fetch logic based on suggestions by Jacob Klein. The new policy is roughly as follows:
[/list]

Available installers:

• client: major overhaul of work-fetch logic based on suggestions by Jacob Klein. The new policy is roughly as follows:
  

Available installers:

That's what, 4? added white lines!

Same thing with the quote containers.

[quote]This is It![/quote]
What?

This is It!

[quote]This is It![/quote]What?

This is It!

Ah, and it be only available to administrators, as they're the only ones who can execute HTML. Although I don't know why that is... Any ideas?

Small bug in 7.4.36: Jobs running at high priority are listed in the status column of the BOINC manager only as <running> but not as <running, high priority> like in older versions. I've verified that these jobs are still running with high priority after update 7.0.64 -> 7.4.36 (BoincTasks)

Manager: omit ", high priority" from task status

This makes it sound like BOINC is running the job at high OS priority.

client: indicate "high-priority" tasks in event log (if cpu_sched_debug set)

Howdy Folks,

We have a new build to test. This should be a short test cycle as most of the changes are related to updated localization files. The updated localization files were pulled from the BOINC 7.4 project on Pootle(BTS) before it was shutdown.

We'll release this build to the public if it contains no showstoppers and behaves just like 7.4.36.

We want to begin testing 7.5/7.6 next week. It'll contain a bunch of changes with the menu and the advanced preference dialog. We will be revamping the simple preferences dialog as well.

So please report your test results to http://boinc.berkeley.edu/alpha as quickly as possible.

Report any issues to this email list (boinc_alpha@ssl.berkeley.edu).

Thanks in advance.

----- Rom

Change Log:
* Updated localization files
* Screensaver fix for when the client is suspended
* When using a proxy, fallback to HTTP 1.0 if the proxy returns a 417
status code.
* Fixed Windows 10 detection (kernel version change)

Howdy Folks,

We are experimenting with a new menu arrangement as well as unifying the preference names and descriptions across the project website and the client software. SETI@Home has been updated to include the new preference design.

What do you all think?

For the localizers: This build should be able to give you context to all the string changes of late.

----- Rom

I didn't see 7.5.0 on the download page anymore, but I managed to download somekind of Win x64 version by guessing the file name :) It installed smoothly, but it doesn't seem to start (using Win 7 64bit). I run the installer as administrator, as usually. Boinc manager doesn't show up on the screen. When I click boincmgr Windows Task Manager shows a new process is trying to start, but that process then disappeares immediately :( I tried some compatibility modes but that didn't help.

I just wanted to give you all a heads up.

We are planning on a short release cycle for BOINC 7.6. We hope to complete the test process by the end of May. BOINC 7.6 should be released as the public release in June.

That means we need to have translations up-to-date with BOINC-Manager.pot, BOINC-Client.pot, BOINC-Setup.pot, and BOINC-Web.pot for a fully localized release.

We do not anticipate making any more massive string changes before release.

Thanks in advance for all your efforts.

----- Rom

BOINC's funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation has ended, at least for the time being.
This funding supported me, Rom Walton, and Charlie Fenton.
We're now working on other things, although we'll stay involved in BOINC at some level.

The BOINC project will continue, and will be run according to a community-based model rather than centrally.
In essence, the people who contribute to BOINC now make the decisions about it.
This model is summarized here: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/wiki/ProjectGovernance and described in detail here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C6pU5RqidYBxk9oyAevm1yH1tn4Hw27oM8YpvsnR-gg

There will probably be little visible change.
The BOINC software will continue to work.
The translation system, Alpha testing project, BOINC web site,message boards, and email lists will continue to operate.
However, any new development and major bug fixes to BOINC will need to be done by volunteer programmers.
I'm confident that the BOINC community will meet the challenge.

I welcome your feedback.
Please post it to boinc_admin@googlegroups.com, a new email list for discussions about the BOINC project as a whole.

-- David

Howdy Folks,

We have released a new build to test. We believe that this build is a release candidate.

The big ticket items for the 7.6 release are:
* Improved advanced preferences dialog (more closely aligned with web based preferences)
* Improved menu layout
* Updated localizations
* Able to deal with project files greater than 4GB

If no showstoppers are found are found by the 27th, this will be the next public release.

NOTE: I will be following this email up with an individual email to everybody. A month or two ago the list server we used started disabling subscriptions due to a configuration issue. So I apologize in advance if you receive more than one email from me regarding the release email.

Please report any bugs to boinc_alpha@ssl.berkeley.edu.

Please report your test results to http://boinc.berkeley.edu/alpha/.

Thanks in advance.

----- Rom

Rom has little time these days to build BOINC.
Luckily building BOINC is easy these days. You can follow the Compile Client Wiki page, or else I will build beta BOINC. I've just built 7.6.7 for myself, will build a 32bit and 64bit beta version next.
One thing, when you do want to build your own BOINC, you need the boinc_depends_win_vs2013 repository. The Compile Client page points to the repositories store and there it says how to download the vs2010 repository.