MacOS X Intel S5R3 App 4.42 available for Beta Test

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1 Apr 2008 9:18:07 UTC
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    A new MacOS X Intel App is available from our Beta Test Page.

    The only new feature of this App (compared to the now official 4.42) is the updated BOINC library which contains a few bug fixes. This App should work with the latest BOINC development clients.

    Happy testing!

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    Bernd Machenschalk
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    MacOS X Intel S5R3 App 4.42 available for Beta Test

    1 Apr 2008 11:50:39 UTC
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      The trouble is the critical point is the very last step, so you don't know if it really worked before you finished and uploaded a task. Possibly better to make a backup of the BOINC Data when you're 95% done or so.

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      RE: Your host seems to need

      2 Apr 2008 13:43:52 UTC
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        Your host seems to need about 2000 sec less per WU compared to the pervious MacOS/Intel app for comparable WUs, so depending on the "length" of the WU the speedup should be up to ca. 10% (for the shorter WUs).


        That's consistent with my own tests.

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        I learned that the 6.1.10

        10 Apr 2008 9:09:45 UTC
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          I learned that the 6.1.10 Client that is available for download doesn't yet incorporate the 'symbolic link' handling. This feature is available from 6.1.12 on, which isn't even out to the public yet.

          I also found that 4.42 doesn't fix the problem with the new file handling as currently implemented in the BOINC API. I'm discussing with the BOINC developers where to fix this (in the Client, the BOINC API or the App code).

          It might need another App release to get things working for the latest development clients.

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          Bernd Machenschalk
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          RE: Actually, there is now

          10 Apr 2008 11:18:02 UTC
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            Actually, there is now a v6.1.14 for MAC available for BETA download and public testing, but the release notes (posted yesterday) acknowledge this Einstein problem and confirm that it is ongoing.


            Thanks for letting me know. The new 4.44 App is meant to fix this.

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            RE: Thanks for letting me

            24 Apr 2008 18:51:07 UTC
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              Thanks for letting me know. The new 4.44 App is meant to fix this.

              BM


              Update on that: The 4.44 didn't fix the problems with the development Clients versions 6.1.12 thru 6.1.14 and introduced some more with older Clients. The Clients 6.1.12 thru 6.1.14 have been withdrawn now, and the 4.42 seems to work fine with the Clients 6.1.15 and newer.

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              Bernd Machenschalk
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              This App is official now,

              20 May 2008 17:55:38 UTC
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                This App is official now, partly to make room for another Beta. The new one won't change the speed (I doubt there's more to gain), but just the version of BOINC to work with latest development clients.

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                Bernd Machenschalk
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                RE: This App is official

                21 May 2008 9:59:49 UTC
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                  Quote:
                  This App is official now, partly to make room for another Beta. The new one won't change the speed (I doubt there's more to gain), but just the version of BOINC to work with latest development clients.


                  Here it is.

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