BOINC Client 7.22.0

Release notes​

Android​

• Display disk usage on project tab via #4610 by @talregev
• Moved the About dialog to an activity via #4985 by @delta1513
• Added an option to have task details always expanded via #4997 by @delta1513

Windows/Linux/OSX​

• Added limits to validating doubles in preferences via #4660 by @Vulpine05
• Add estimated time remaining for file transfers via #4825 by @Vulpine05
• Fix non-BOINC CPU usage limit on Win and Linux via #4859 by @davidpanderson
• Mac: compute non-BOINC CPU usage in a more accurate way via #4875 by @CharlieFenton
• Add estimated completion date and completion before deadline columns to Tasks tab via #4898 by @Vulpine05
• Added Estimated Completion column to Advanced view > Tasks via #3403 by @Vulpine05
• Close file descriptors if Curl initialization fails via #4915 by @davidpanderson
• Reset progress percentage to last checkpoint when task is initialized via #4911 by @Vulpine05
• Add not-in-use computing prefs via #4871 by @davidpanderson
• Update cpu/gpu resources when app_config is re-read via #4938 by @Vulpine05
• Convert ProcessorTab in Preferences dialog from wxPanel to wxScrolledWindow to show all content on small screens (e.g. 1024x768) via #4941 by @AenBleidd
• Disable Remove button when no more exclusive applications exist via #4979 by @Vulpine05
• Fix Account creation for user names with accented characters (Windows client) via #5025 by @davidbolvansky
• Add warning message in preferences for suspension via #4955 by @Vulpine05
• Fix make button labels appear in terms of use dialog via #5037 by @davidpanderson
• Canonicalize URLs to lower case via #5027 by @hristog
• scheduler: set type of Apple GPUs to "Apple" via #5047 by @davidpanderson
• Mac: Fix permission errors when running client as a daemon / system service via #5061 by @CharlieFenton

All changes in this version: https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/milestone/35?closed=1

Changes in 7.22.0​

• Add prefs for when computer is not in use: #CPUs, %CPU time, suspend if non-BOINC usage exceeds X
• Fix how non-BOINC CPU usage is calculated.

Changes in 7.20.2​

• client: fix bug in work fetch logic for case of zero resource share and zero work buf.
• client: if bandwidth limit is removed (up or down), remove limit from active transfers.
• Manager: Fix switch skin when manager is not connected

Changes in 7.20.1​

• Manager: Updated copyright year
• Manager: Create proper sizing on SimpleView|
• Client: ignore case in project lookup by URL
• Client: if project has zero resource share AND work buf min is zero, don't fetch from it unless device instance is actually idle.
• Manager, Win: Do proper verifications when saving state on application exit
• Manager, Linux: Search for skins in /usr/(local)/share/boinc-manager/skins or ./skins folders.

Changes in 7.20.0​

• Client: detect > 4 GB RAM on NIVIDIA GPUs
• Client: use system's OS bundle rather than our own
• Manager: show appropriate Welcome Page on first run.
• Client: pass process priority to wrapper
• Client: disable GET feature of GUI RPC
• Manager: add ctrl-A shortcut to go to advanced view
• Client: allow empty GUI RPC password but show warning
• Client (linux): Ignore tty(S|ACM) devices in TTY idle time calculation
• Client: display IPV6 addresses correctly
• Client: don't tell Manager that graphics app exists if it's still downloading
• Manager: fix alt-space crash
• Manager: fix RTL languages in disk view
• Client: add reset_host_info() GUI RPC
• Client: put CDATA around link field of notices
• Client: fix problems with set_app_config() RPC
• Client: fix overly aggressive project-wide file transfer backoff policy
• Client: fix work-fetch logic when max concurrent limits are used
• Manager: add "Suspend when no mouse/keyboard input in last XX minutes" to prefs dialog
• Manager: correctly handle large numbers in prefs
• Manager (Win): Make Manager DPI unaware to let wxWidgets and Windows scale GUI elements properly
• Manager: fix failure to connect to client with non-English language
• Client (Win): fix detection of Windows product
• Client: Fix bug in new version check
• Mac: fix screensaver preferences dialog under MacOS 12 Monterey
• Mac: ensure curl does not depend on unavailable libraries
• Mac: use newer libraries: c-ares-1.17.2, curl-7.79.1, freetype-2.11.0, openssl-3.0.0, wxWidgets-3.1.5

18.10.2021

Changes in 7.16.20:​

• This version fixes a problem that prevented BOINC from communicating with several projects and account managers.

02.09.2020

Changes in 7.16.11:​

• Win installer: bump VBox version to 6.1.12.
• Manager: change “Show graphics” button to “Stop graphics” when gfx running (Mac only)
• Mac: Fix screensaver coordinator to run properly under Mac OS 11 Big Sur
• Mac: Enable close button in project graphics run by BOINC Manager “Show Graphics”
• Manager: remove cookie-based autoattach schemes
• Client: if AM reply includes a project we’re attached to under a different account, honor the params in the AM reply, e.g resource share.
• Client: Pass user priority config items to wrappers
• Mac: Improved screensaver logic for OS 10.15 Catalina
• Client: allow specifying device name in cc_config.xml
• Manager: don’t let user attach to account manager as a project.
• Client: initialize log flags to tasks, sched_ops, file_xfer
• Added a warning when the manager detects a second copy of itself
• Client: measure disk usage in terms of allocated disk space, not file size
• Client: avoid CPU starvation when GPU computing is suspended
• Client: don’t allow empty GUI RPC password
• Client: don’t show “no work” messages as notices
• Client: let a project master URL change from http: to https: without involving the user.
• When parsing NVIDIA driver version, max minor version with 99.
• Client: GUI RPC: bind to INADDR_ANY if a remote host is actually configured

28.05.2020

Changes in 7.16:​

Released 10 March 2020

• If output file is missing on startup, flag task as error.
• Let project specify directories in logical file names.
• Fix security vulnerability involving logical file names.
• Make “reread config files” work for ncpus.
• Support fetch of files over GUI RPC; allow projects to supply their own web-based GUI.
• FreeBSD: check for AVX
• Support GUI RPCs as HTTP Post requests.
• Register user consent to terms of use.
• Enable “Other options” in simple view if no client connected.
• Clear “vm_extensions_disabled” flag on startup.
• Fix work fetch bug when max_concurrent used.
• Unsuspend jobs before telling them to quit.
• Sanity-check job runtime limits.
• Fix overflow in OpenCL GPU FLOPS calculation.
• Windows: show processor group info at startup
• Fix stall if –skip_cpu_benchmarks
• Fix crash in RSS feed fetch
• Windows: fix GUI RPC password generation when running in a VM
• Windows: make –dir work