Sorry for the mess....
Anonymous
10 Feb 2005 8:18:06 UTC
Topic 12479
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> I want to apologize, but in the process I may at times be wasting a few WU's in the process,
> especially using the OS X client.
Don't worry. We expected to lose quite a number of WUs and know how to deal wit it. They will simply be generated and sent out again. The 4.13 client for example that is still flying around causes dozens of failed results per machine when a download is broken. So your few lost WUs doesn't matter much at all.
Happy testing!
BM
Sorry for the mess....
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> I've just attached to the project as a Boinc Alpha core client tester for
> Berkeley, SSL. I want to apologize, but in the process I may at times be
> wasting a few WU's in the process, especially using the OS X client. Please
> bare with me and I will attempt to keep detachments to a minimum. I just want
> to say I am sorry for any inconvience in advance, but any WU's that are junked
> will be picked up by someone else further down the line. Thanks for your
> understanding in advance.
Something that you can do to reduce the impact on others is the following. When you trash a workunit, be sure to 'update project' soon afterwards. This way the scheduler and transitioner learn that another result is needed, and issue it fairly soon.
Bruce