BOINC 5.8.11 for all platforms out

DJH@GB-Ro · Post by **DJH@GB-Ro** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 8:33 pm

Go get it 8)

Post by **UBT - Mikee** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 8:43 pm

Gone got it!

Anyone else wanting to do this can get it from here.

Timby · Post by **Timby** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 8:47 pm

Yep got it

DJH@GB-Ro · Post by **DJH@GB-Ro** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 9:23 am

UBT - Mikeejones wrote:Gone got it!

Anyone else wanting to do this can get it from here.

Thanks Mikee, I should have given a link :oops:

UBT - Terry · Post by **UBT - Terry** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 9:58 am

Hi people
Can i assume that they got the bugs out then coz read 5.811 wasn't quite ready??

UBT - Halifax-lad · Post by **UBT - Halifax-lad** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 10:49 am

Terry Caney wrote:Hi people
Can i assume that they got the bugs out then coz read 5.811 wasn't quite ready??

BOINC has never been quite ready since the 1st ever release

UBT - Terry · Post by **UBT - Terry** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 10:51 am

Get where your coming from he he :lol:

DJH@GB-Ro · Post by **DJH@GB-Ro** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 11:08 am

I'm looking forward to when they give out a version with the sorting by columns feature that was in the test version 5.8.6

Post by **UBT-mark3346** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 11:32 am

Is there a problem with 5.8.8 or any new features with 5.8.11 that make it worth upgrading again as 5.8.8 was not long ago

Post by **UBT - Timbo** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 11:39 am

DJH@GB-Ro wrote:I'm looking forward to when they give out a version with the sorting by columns feature that was in the test version 5.8.6

A very long time ago, you could sort by columns, which was very useful...must have been one of the early v4.x releases. And for some reason they dropped it.

Am still waiting for the time, when you can specify your own project preferences locally - i.e. if project "x" out of work/not contactable, etc then crunch project "y".

regards

Tim

Rockinfroggi · Post by **Rockinfroggi** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 11:57 am

UBT-mark3346 wrote:Is there a problem with 5.8.8 or any new features with 5.8.11 that make it worth upgrading again as 5.8.8 was not long ago

Thinking the very same thing Mark.

Gary.

UBT - Halifax-lad · Post by **UBT - Halifax-lad** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 1:41 pm

If your version works fine there is no need to upgrade at this moment it time, I would leave it until a version with major changes come out. Only changes are work fetch policy and small other improvements, nothing drastic

DJH@GB-Ro · Post by **DJH@GB-Ro** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 2:02 pm

I don't see why people are so relunctant to upgrade, only takes seconds, don't have to uninstall old ones or anything. Even stops any running instances of BOINC. A lot of people seemed to be having some problems with 5.8.8, I didn't have any but it's nice to be up to date and know I won't come accross those solved problems. :D

UBT - The Prof.... · Post by **UBT - The Prof....** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 2:34 pm

Have just upgraded, took about 30 seconds and now crunching away merrily again. No problems at all

Post by **UBT-mark3346** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:55 pm

DJH@GB-Ro wrote:I don't see why people are so relunctant to upgrade, only takes seconds, don't have to uninstall old ones or anything. Even stops any running instances of BOINC. A lot of people seemed to be having some problems with 5.8.8, I didn't have any but it's nice to be up to date and know I won't come accross those solved problems. :D

Depends on your connection speed (takes several mins on mine) and how many machines you need to update. Also one of my machines would not restart Boinc after the update and I had to shut it down and restart it so unless there are major advantages I would not rush to "upgrade" again as 5.8 has no advantage to me over the previous version anyway (if anything it is harder to force a work fetch with it).

DJH@GB-Ro · Post by **DJH@GB-Ro** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 4:20 pm

Didn't think about multiple machines

I like 5.4.11 if DepSpid didn't recommend later versions, I'd still use it. I've even gone back to 5.4.11 just to get more SAP models then come back to 5.8.x :oops:

Post by **UBT - Chris Suddick** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 4:38 pm

DJH@GB-Ro wrote:I don't see why people are so relunctant to upgrade, only takes seconds, don't have to uninstall old ones or anything. Even stops any running instances of BOINC. A lot of people seemed to be having some problems with 5.8.8, I didn't have any but it's nice to be up to date and know I won't come accross those solved problems. :D

If it ain't broke, don't fix it!

Chris.

Gary · Post by **Gary** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 5:17 pm

wouldn't work for me, had to reinstall 5.8.8.

UBT - Halifax-lad · Post by **UBT - Halifax-lad** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 7:17 pm

DJH@GB-Ro wrote:I don't see why people are so relunctant to upgrade, only takes seconds, don't have to uninstall old ones or anything. Even stops any running instances of BOINC. A lot of people seemed to be having some problems with 5.8.8, I didn't have any but it's nice to be up to date and know I won't come accross those solved problems. :D

Also there is no need to upgrade if your BOINC client already does what you need it to, there are no major changes in this release that warrant everyone downloading it straight away

UBT - Halifax-lad · Post by **UBT - Halifax-lad** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 7:34 pm

The only big change is really for Linux users they have attempted to alter the benchmarks to make them more equal with Windows users.

And there was also a major bug to do with the scheduling of BOINC but thats about all.

The one for me is going to be the column sorting version just as soon as the bugs are worked out