= BOINC version history =

== Version 6.6.36 ==
released: 10 June 2009
* client: read app_info.xml's AFTER scanning GPUs. Otherwise we'll discard all
GPU apps and results.
== Version 6.6.35 ==
* MGR: CBOINCClientManager::ProcessExists() finds the process by name if we don
't have a pid (Mac, Linux) or process HANDLE (Windows). On Mac and Linux, it re
turns the pid if the process was found.
* MGR: Use code like get_client_mutex() to determine if client is running. New
CBOINCClientManager::KillClient() uses process name to kill client if we don't h
ave a pid (Mac, Linux) or process HANDLE (Windows). NOTE: Windows implementation
not yet finished.
* MGR: Implement CBOINCClientManager::KillClient() and IsBOINCRunning() for Win
dows. NOTE: I have confirmed that the "ps -a -x -c -o command,pid" command as us
ed in IsBOINCRunning() should works in Ubuntu under VMWare, but it needs to be t
ested on other Linux platforms.
* lib: Fix FILE_LOCK::unlock() to reset fd to -1 so FILE_LOCK works correctly w
ith repeated calls.
* MGR: Fix compiler error on Windows.
* lib: Fix compiler error on Windows.
*Mac MGR: In Async RPC logic, use posix mutexes and conditions instead of wxWid
gets implementations on the Mac, as this appears to fix an intermittent hang in
wxCondition::Wait().
* lib: FILE_LOCK::lock() makes lockfile group-writable so both client and manag
er can create and write it under sandbox security.
== Version 6.6.34 ==
*
*
*
*

client: if scheduler request didn't request work, don't report 0 tasks

client: show "est. delay" correctly in work fetch debug msgs
client: show times correctly in rr_sim debug msgs
client: in "requesting new tasks" msg, say what resources we're requesting (i
f there's more than CPU)
* client: estimated delay was possibly being calculated incorrectly because of
roundoff error
* client: add a 1e-6 slop factor in deciding if a resource is fully utilized.
* client: when parsing app_info.xml, make sure coprocessors are present. fixes
#911
== Version 6.6.33 ==
* client: include plan class in other_result list in sched request (for resourc
e-specific jobs-in-progress limit)
== Version 6.6.32 ==
* MGR: fix display problem when talking to old clients
* MGR: In Async RPC logic, change calling order for wxCondition and wxMutex fro
m <Set Boolean, Lock, Unlock, Signal> to <Lock, Set Boolean, Signal, Unlock> to
be consistent with examples in literature, hoping this might fix an intermittent
hang in wxConition::Wait().
== Version 6.6.31 ==
* client: fixed nasty bug that caused GPU jobs to crash on startup when they're

preempting another GPU job.

The problem was as follows:
- job A is chosen to preempt job B
- we tell job B to quit, and initialize job A but don't start it; howeve
r, we set if scheduler state to SCHEDULED (rather than UNINITIALIZED)
- job B exits, and we start job A. Since its state is not UNITIALIZED, w
e don't set up its slot dir.
- job A runs in an empty slot dir, doesn't find its files, and bombs out
.
* client: add <slot_debug> option (prints messages about allocation of slots, c
reating/removing files in slot dirs).
== Version 6.6.30 ==
* MGR: Always treat quit RPCs as non-demand so Manager can exit when client is
not responding; don't remove currently active RPC request from queue when receiv
ing a quit RPC request.
* MGR: Update m_dtCachedCCStatusTimestamp only when RPC completes.
* MGR: Add an "Exit BOINC" button ("Quit BOINC" on Mac) to async RPC "Communica
ting with BOINC Client. Please wait..." dialog. This allows users to exit BOINC
more easily when Client is unresponsive.
* MGR: Fix bug which prevented skin change from being saved if exiting Manager
while in Simple View.
* MGR: Fix bug where *nix platforms using UCS2 Unicode encoding were not able t
o display graphics as one or more null bytes seperate each character.
* MGR: Fix bug where there was no trailing backslash before 'symbols' was appen
ded to the end of the symbol path. This caused the stack tracing code not to do
wnload the actual symbol files needed to debug a problem. I have no idea when t
his bug was introduced.
== Version 6.6.29 ==
released: 15 May 2009
* client: write message (and show new config info) when config file reread
* client: improve cpu_sched_debug messages
* client, Mac: don't do res_init(). It causes a crash.
* client (Unix): if client crashes while benchmark processes are going, make su
re they detect this and exit.
* Mac: Remove -lresolv from XCode linker flags for client, manager, boinccmd an
d screensaver which linked with libresolv.dylib for res_init() call.
* Mac client: fix parent died test in benchmark_time_to_stop().
== Version 6.6.28 ==
* client: enforce_schedule() wasn't starting GPU jobs
== Version 6.6.27 ==
* client: view 2 GPUs as equivalent if their memory differs by <30%. (maybe the
ir memory differed slightly from the most capable one)
* client: simplify enforce_schedule(), and maybe fix bugs. New approach: take t
he "ordered_schedule_results" list, add running jobs that haven't finished their
time slice, and order the result appropriately. Then run jobs in order until CP
Us are filled. Simpler and clearer than the old way.
== Version 6.6.26 ==
* MGR: Turn GetViewName into the unlocalized version of the view name, so the c
onfiguration group name is consistant across all languages and does not cause co
nversion issues on different platforms where the configuration information is tr

eated differently when compiled Unicode vs. ANSI.

== Version 6.6.25 ==
* client: tweak to 4/21 checkin. After finding the "most capable" GPU, ignore F
LOPS in deciding what GPUs are equivalent to it. This opens up the possibility t
hat the client will get jobs that it won't be able to finish in time. But it sti
ll avoids getting jobs that will crash.
* client: show message when user does a project or task op (suspend, resume, up
date, etc.)
* client: add <use_all_gpus> config option. If set, use GPUs even if they're n
ot equivalent to the most capable one.
== Version 6.6.24 ==
* Mac: Add -lresolv to XCode linker flags for client, manager boinccmd and scre
ensaver to link with libresolv.dylib for res_init() call (again). Add #include
of <resolv.h> to non-Windows network.cpp. (Changes checked in to boinc_core_rele
ase_6_6_23.)
* Mac MGR: Add keyboard shortcuts command-shift-S to switch to Simple View and
command-shift-A to switch back to Advanced View.
* client: fixed a crash caused by using %f to write working-set size into a fix
ed-size buffer. Use %e instead.
* client: if detach a project, adjust debts and trigger CPU sched and work fetc
h
* client: improve CPU sched debug messages (say what kind of job and why we're
scheduling it)
* client: log messages describing GPUs: one line per GPU; fixes #879
* client: new approach to handling multiple GPUs.
* old: find fastest GPU, and pretend that others are the same. Problem: other
GPUs might be less capable, and not able to handle jobs sent by server.
* new: find the most "capable" GPU, use others that are equivalent, don't use
those that are not.
"Capable" is defined by
- compute capability (i.e., hardware version)
- driver version
- memory size
- FLOPs
in that priority order.
* client: When a preemptable task wasn't preempted (e.g. because it hadn't fini
shed its time slice) we were failing to mark it as scheduled.
== Version 6.6.23 ==
* client: for each app version, keep track of the largest WSS of tasks using it
. In checking whether tasks fit in RAM, use this as an estimate for tasks that h
aven't started yet. This avoids a situation where the client starts a lot of tas
ks in sequence, only to find that each one doesn't fit in RAM.
* client: for coproc jobs, don't start a job while a quit is pending. Otherwise
the new job may fail on memory allocation.
* client: instead of scheduling coproc jobs EDF:
* first schedule jobs projected to miss deadline in EDF order
* then schedule remaining jobs in FIFO order
This is intended to reduce the number of preemptions of coproc jobs,
and hence (since they are always preempted by quit)
to reduce the wasted time due to checkpoint gaps.
* client: the CPU scheduling policy made use of the number of deadline misses i
n various places. This should include only the deadline misses of CPU jobs. So m
ove "deadlines_missed" from RR_SIM_STATUS and PROJECT to RSC_PROJECT_WORK_FETCH
so that we have separate counts for CPU and coproc jobs, and use the count for C

PU jobs.
* GUI RPC: removed the rr_sim_deadlines_missed field from project descriptor. T
his is no longer meaningful, and it didn't seem to be used anywhere.
* GUI RPC and manager: send slot and show it in task properties rather than slo
t path (slot_path is defined only for apps with graphics app).
* client: put back the call to res_init() on lookup failure. Apparently it work
ed after all.
== Version 6.6.22 ==
* Mac client: fill in command field of PROCINFO struct so <exclusive_app> log f
lag works properly on Mac.
* WINSETUP 'Everyone' is not just a group, it is a well known group.
* WINSETUP: Be sure to define INSTALLDIR if it isn't already defined by the sys
tem or the transform. DATADIR was already being handled.
* WINSETUP: Save setup state at the end of the execution phase as well as the e
nd of the UI phase.
== Version 6.6.21 ==
* Mac: Add -lresolv to XCode linker flags for screensaver.
* MGR: on Mac, implement standard Preferences item under BOINC menu with standa
rd keyboard shortcut; same as Advanced/Preferences.
* WINSCR: It appears newer notebook models with multiple video chipsets exhibit
an interesting situation. It appears as though in certain conditions a single
monitor machine actually reports itself as having three monitors. Normally the
monitor that contains the primary window (coord 0,0) is on monitor 0, but on the
se machines coord 0,0 is actually on monitor 2. This led to the screensaver not
properly exiting when keyboard and/or mouse activity was detected. Now when we
detect that keyboard and/or mouse activity has happened we send the WM_INTERRUP
TSAVER event to all windows on all monitors.
* WINSETUP: When uninstalling, don't migrate the client data back to the 5.x lo
cation.
* WINSETUP: On some setups, how we were including the 'Everyone' well known sec
urity ID in the boinc_users group didn't work properly. From now on include the
'Everyone' security ID in the various ACLs instead. This will probley clean up
a wide range of various issues with multi-user installs.
* GUI RPC: client side: if parse a RESULT and CPU is nonzero but elapsed time i
s zero, we must be talking to an old client; set elapsed = CPU
* client: show project name in "backoff ended" msg
* web and client: change the default for "run_gpu_if_user_active" from true to
false. Currently running CUDA apps on NVIDIA GPUs causes a significant slowdown
in GUI response.
* client: we were setting config defaults after parsing cmdline.
This meant that the cmdline args that set config params weren't working:
--allow_multiple_clients
--report_results_immediately
--no_priority_change
--start_delay
* MGR: Fix compatibility problem with sizing of all-projects list in Attach Pro
ject Wizard when using wxWidgets 2.8.8 or later.
== Version 6.6.20 ==
released: 9 Apr 2009
*
*
*
*

New client-side CPU & GPU scheduler

New work-fetch policy for better management of CPU and GPU work queues
Improved BOINC Manager network connectivity
Consolidation of the grid/accessible advanced views.

== Version 6.4.7 ==
released: 3 Mar 2009
''Note: In order to limit the number of issues we had
elease we shipped it with the manager that shipped as
e have no plans to release 6.4.x for the Macintosh at
t run BOINC CUDA applications on the Mac until NVIDIA
r Mac software. ''

to deal with for the 6.4 r

part of the 6.2 release. W
this time, because we can'
makes some changes in thei

* Update OpenSSL to 0.9.8i

* Update LibCurl to 7.19.4
== Version 6.4.6 ==
released: 23 Feb 2009
* WINSCR: Force terminate the data management thread when shutting down.
* WINSCR: Move keyboard and mouse activity detection code into their own thread
. Prevent a deadlock in case other stuff stalls.
* WINSCR: Move window z-order detection code into its own thread. Prevent a dea
dlock in case other stuff stalls.
== Version 6.4.5 ==
released: 16 Dec 2008
* Public stable release of 6.4 branch!
* client: tweak CPU scheduling policy. When there's a coproc job; Windows: don'
t saturate CPUs, Unix: saturate CPUs
* client: in round-robin simulation, remove code that sets CPU shortfall for pr
ojects with no active results. (This is now wrong because there coproc apps migh
t have pending results. Also remove nidle_cpus > 0 conditional that increments C
PU shortfall; I think this is vestigial code.)
* client: include deviceOverlap and multiProcessorCount in XML for CUDA devices
. They were mistakenly omitted.
* client: in round-robin simulation, don't count a project in total resource sh
are if it has coproc jobs and no CPU jobs.
* MGR: fix the terms of use wizard page.
== Version 6.4.4 ==
''ALPHA''
released: 7 Dec 2008
* client: app_info.xml's are parsed before p_fpops is known, so avp->fpops is z
ero. Fix this by filling in zero avp->fpops later on.
== Version 6.4.3 ==
''ALPHA''
released: 5 Dec 2008
* client: work-fetch tweak: don't increment overall CPU shortfall if any jobs p
ending in simulation.
* client: use FLOPs, rather than CPU time, as the basis for estimating job comp
letion times. This should improve estimates for GPU apps, and prevent the DCF fr
om getting messed up.
* client: estimate time to completion based on elapsed time, not CPU time (impr
oves estimates for coproc apps).
* client: compute duration_correction_factor based on elapsed time, not CPU tim
e (otherwise it doesn't work for coproc or multi-proc apps).
* client: in estimate of job completion time, weight the estimate based on frac
tion done more heavily (quadratic rather than linear).
* Remove the notion of "CPU efficiency" from both client and server. This wasn'
t being measured correctly for coproc/multithread apps, and its effect is now su
bsumed in DCF.

* client: fix calculation of CPU shortfall; don't fetch work from projects with
zero CPU shortfall.
* client: fix compiler warning.
* client: parse checkpoint_elapsed_time from state file; if missing, use checkp
oint CPU time.
* client: enforce CPU schedule: if we're running a coproc job, keep CPU utiliza
tion strictly less than NCPUS.
* client: fix last checkin
* WININSTALL: Disable "Protected Application Execution" mode by default.
* WININSTALL: Turn off the check for Internet Explorer 5.x
== Version 6.4.2 ==
''ALPHA''
released: 1 Dec 2008
* Mac: Fix XCode project to build old Manager with Grid Views; rename !SetVersi
on.C to !SetVersion.cpp.
* client: in round-robin simulation, only increment CPU shortfall (per-project
or overall) if there are no pending tasks. (This is needed when there are coproc
(i.e. CUDA) jobs; CPUs may be idle because pending jobs are waiting for active
jobs to release coprocs. In this situation the CPU idleness should not be counte
d as shortfall; otherwise (if there are only coproc jobs) there will always be a
shortfall, and the client will fetch infinite work.)
* DIAG: On Windows move the symbol store directory under the BOINC data directo
ry structure. Depending on the version of Windows, sometimes the temp directory
was being set to the system temp directory which is not setup for everyone to us
e. It is just best to use our data directory structure.
* GUI RPC: add optional terms_of_use field to project config. If present, the m
anager will display this text in a yes/no dialog before attachment continues.
* MGR: Make the error message processing work for the get_project_config rpc, u
se the same scheme as the ACCOUNT_OUT structure.
* MGR: Make the error message processing work for the get_project_config rpc, u
se the same scheme as the ACCOUNT_OUT structure. I missed the Account Manager sc
enario in the first checkin.
* client, Win: 32-bit client running on a 64-bit machine should report winx64 a
s primary platform.
* MGR: Remove the Account Key page from the Wizard.
* MGR: Add a Terms of Use page to the Wizard.
* MGR: Make the Terms of Use text control read-only
* MGR: fix exit dialog so that both the Mac and Linux clients don't display the
'close core client...' checkbox.
* WININSTALL: Change the default to not use protected application install.
* WININSTALL: Change the advanced install text to point out that on Windows Vis
ta CUDA applications won't work with protected application installs.
== Version 6.4.1 ==
''ALPHA''
release: 23 Nov 2008
* fixing the localization file names to work with the 6.4 manager.
== Version 6.3.23 ==
released: 14 Nov 2008
* MGR: Move the wxWidget version information to the about box. (printf and Unic
ode strings don't play well with one another.)
* MGR: Fix up the !OnHelp features of the BOINC Manager so they all point to ma
nager_links.php.
* client: fix compiler warning.
* SCR/Mac: eliminate unused argument, add comments.
* client: fix the updating of CPU time left in RR simulation; don't print msgs
about non-CPU-intensive projects.
* client, scheduler: there were a few places where we had 1e9 instead of 1 gig

(2 to the power of 20)

* client: fix a long-standing error: if prefs say leave X GB free, and BOINC is
using Y GB, and there are Z GB free, the limit on BOINC is Y + Z - X (not Z - X
).
* client: fix compiler warning indicating real error in RR simulation.
* client: fix bug that caused occasional assert in pop_heap() for the preemptab
le_task_list. (The problem was that the ordering predicate (more_preemptable())
could change on the fly, making the heap inconsistent. Instead, we create a vect
or, sort it by increasing preemptability, then pop off the end.)
* MGR: Use Sleep instead of Yield for the async thread loop. On Posix systems a
ll Yield translates to is sched_yield but only if HAVE_SCHED_YIELD is defined in
the wxWidget config file. If it isn't defined it becomes a null op. The async t
hread doesn't really need millisecond response times. Have it check every 100 mi
lliseconds for an RPC to process.
* client: preemptability ordering was messed up
* MGR: Reverse earlier change in RPC thread logic: restore Yield() because Slee
p(100) caused undesirable latency. Pause the thread immediately on receipt of wx
EVT_RPC_FINISHED event. Reduce RPC thread CPU usage while not connected to a cli
ent.
* MGR: Create an Exit dialog for the Manager.
* MGR: Allow the manager to shutdown the CC even when it was installed as a dae
mon.
* MGR: Code cleanup.
* MGR: Provide a way to enable/disable launching from the BOINC Manager at star
tup from within the BOINC Manager itself.
* MGR: Add a command line argument which specifies that the Manager was launche
d by the OS.
* SCR: Remove the code that checks for the BOINC Manager shortcuts.
* MGR: Fix Simple_GUI help button URL.
* Mac: Add new source files !DlgExitMessage.cpp,.h to XCode project.
* MGR: On non-Mac and Non-Windows systems, have RPC thread call nanosleep() for
1 nanosecond instead of wxThread::Yield(), because some Linux systems may not s
upport POSIX sched_yield(), in which case wxThread::Yield() returns immediately.
* MGR: RPC thread: wait for connection with 1 ms delays initially, pause RPC th
read after creation on non-Windows systems.
* MGR: Text cleanup
* MGR: Bug fixes for the new Exit dialog.
* MGR: Don't display the 'Run BOINC at startup checkbox' for any platform other
than Windows. It has no effect on Mac since the Mac doesn't automatically start
BOINC Manager with any command line arguments.
* MGR: Add !DlgExitMessage.cpp to Makefile.am.
* fix makefile typo
* MGR: Give the option to shutdown the CC even if the manager didn't launch it.
This only applies to when the manager and client are on the same machine.
* MGR: properly save the '!DisplayShutdownClientDialog' setting.
* MGR: Async RPCs: RPC thread is now a joinable thread which does one RPC and e
xits. Main thread creates a new RPC thread for each RPC request after waiting fo
r any previous RPC thread to exit. This simplifies the logic, eliminates Yield()
, Sleep() and nanosleep() calls from RPC thread and will hopefully eliminate exe
ss CPU usage on Fedora.
* MGR: Async RPCs: fix memory leaks, KillRPCThread() tries to end thread gracef
ully before killing it.
* MGR: On Mac only, remove checkbox asking whether to shutdown CC.
* MGR: Fix crash bug on non_Windows systems in Options dialog.
* MGR: Tweak the shutdown logic so that it can still shutdown the BOINC service
even though it didn't start it.
* MGR: It BOINC Manager starts the BOINC daemon on the mac don't bother trying
to shut it down. (reverting to previous behaviour)
* MGR: revise exit dialog text, use the names in the skin file.
* MGR: Revise text one more time.

* client: make host CPID a function of: MAC addresses + hostname + IP addr. Thi
s means that a given host will generally always get the same CPID. Helpful e.g.
on grids where the client gets installed repeatedly.
* client: add OS name into the hash for host CPID (for multi-OS hosts)
* MGR: Only tweak the BOINC was started by us variable on Windows.
* Mac: Add new source files mac_address.cpp,.h to XCode project.
* MGR: Fix compiler warnings on non-Windows builds.
* MGR: Filter wxEVT_TASKBAR_MOVE events only on Windows.
* MGR: On Mac, restore using original exit dialog text from skin file or use ol
d default if none in skin file.
* MGR: fix verbose text
* accelerate dup_element_contents()
* MGR: truncate task progress bar (display) at 100%
* MGR: Move the old exit message from the !SkinManager file to the new Exit dia
log.
* MGR: Consolidate the new exit message to one line. Sun Studiodoesn't concat t
he separate strings together during compilation like the other compilers to when
building for Unicode.
* MGR: Provide a way to re-enable the Exit Dialog.
* MGR: Fix build break on non_Windows systems.
* MGR: Provide a way to re-enable the Exit Dialog on non-Windows systems, too.
* MGR: Remove Exit() from RPC thread to possibly fix occasional crash on Window
s; KillRPCThread() tries to end thread gracefully on Windows before killing it.
* client: don't fclose() time_stats_log if it's NULL. Fixes #772
* MGR: Erase and refresh entire Tasks panel when selecting a new tab to try to
fix cosmetic bug reported by David on Windows.
* SVCCTRL: Introduce a new binary that is used to start and stop the BOINC serv
ice, if it is installed as a service. NOTE: If UAC is turned on in Windows Vista
then even an administrator cannot start/stop a service without elevating their
privileges. The new application includes the requiresAdmin tag in its manifest f
ile to cause the UAC dialog to be displayed when it is launched.
== Version 6.3.21 ==
released: 3 Nov 2008
* MGR: When removing a row in Projects, Tasks and Transfers tabs, refresh all r
ows. Fixes a bug where display was not always properly updated.
* client: move round-robin simulation to its own file
* MGR: Fix bug introduced yesterday (6.3.20).
* MGR: Always sort after a row is added or deleted.
* Mac: Add new files rr_sim.cpp,.h to XCode project.
* client: /proc/N/stat has () around the command name. Remove these.
* client: the preemptability order was wrong
* client: cleaned up CPU scheduler logic somewhat
* client: include precompiled header in rr_sim.cpp so memory leak detection wil
l work.
* MGR: Have the !BaseFrame call a function to determine if the selection list s
hould be saved instead of traversing the application pointer. Each view just ove
rrides the function returning a true/false value. We don't have to worry about n
ull pointers and the like.
* MGR: BOINCGUIApp should never need to know how either the views work or the d
ocument. Move the code that determines which RPCs should be fired into each of t
he views. Have the document look for it there.
* MGR: Reduce duplicate code for hiding and showing an application
* MGR: Move some Windows and Mac specific code into functions and streamline th
e application startup and shutdown routines.
* MGR: Move the event processing that was in BOINCGUIApp into the !BaseFrame.
* MGR: General cleanup.
* MGR: Doxygen comments.
* MGR: Cleanup some warnings.
* MGR: Fix show / hide on Mac broken by previous changes.

* Rebuild libcurl x86 and x64 (turn off async DNS) for Windows only.
* client: revise round-robin simulation to take variable avg_ncpus into account
* SCR/Mac: fix some real and potential crash bugs.
== Version 6.3.20 ==
Released: 29 October 2008
* fixes serious bug, which caused the manager to have high CPU usage and become
unresponsive if it started up in the Tasks tab (and probably also the Transfers
or Projects tab)
== Version 6.3.19 ==
Released: 28 October 2008
* client: for CPU throttling, don't suspend apps that are non-CPU-intensive or
that use < 1 CPU (e.g., CUDA)
* client: get rid of spurious "internal error, expected process to be executing
" msg
* diag: don't check heap on every alloc
* fix a few compile warnings
* client: fix crash when sched_op_debug is enabled
* MGR: If simple_gui_only flag is set in cc_config.xml, trigger call of CSimple
Frame::!OnConnect().
* client: accept --insecure flag even if not compiled with -DSANDBOX
* manager: pass --insecure flab only if compiled with -DSANDBOX (from Nicolas;
fixes #762)
* SCR: Fix the screensaver logo.
* MGR/Mac: When removing a row in Projects, Tasks and Transfers tabs, refresh a
ll rows. Fixes a bug where display was not always properly updated.
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== Version 6.2.19 ==
released: 19 Sep 2008
* client: fix compiler warning.
* client: coprocessor support isn't supported in 6.2.
* SCR: Fix GDI/Memory leak in the screen saver. Pointed out by David Barnard.
* winsetup: Change the delete file after reboot code to use !MoveFileEx instead
of the !RunOnce registry key. It does what I was originally trying to do direct
ly to: HKLM\SYSTEM\!CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\!PendingFileRename
Operations
== Version 6.2.18 ==
* WINSETUP: For some reason BOINCTray.exe was only being installed when the 'Pr
otected Applcation Mode' was selected. I don't remember why we did this, so inst
all it on all scenarios.
* client: fix crash in this scenario (From Ian Hay. Fixes #705)
* A file upload sends request.
* The network is down, and something (e.g. a router) sends a long (> 4KB) err
or page. This overruns the 4KB buffer of HTTP_OP::req1.
* Solution: keep track of the size of the buffer, and don't overrun it.
* Also move the body of a huge for loop into a separate function.
* client: don't leak handles to shared-mem files
* client: don't leak process handles when abort jobs
* client: if an app exits or we kill it, always destroy the shmem segment.
* Mac lib: set visibility of symbols to hidden by default.
* SCR: Fix 8/14 checkin that causes the CPU util to spike on Macs and possibly
Windows.
== Version 6.2.17 ==
* Mac Installer: fix bugs in script which converts BOINC installer to a !GridRe

public installer.
* Update copyright strings in various Windows resource files.
* WIN: Update OS Detection code. NOTE: Holy cow, Between Vista and Server 2008
there are now 26 different SKUs.
* WINSCR: Certain checks should be done regularly like keyboard/mouse activity
and the notification window check. They should not depend on whether or not the
graphics window has been displayed or not.
== Version 6.2.16 ==
* CLIENT/MGR/TRAY: When installed on Vista and UAC is turned on the user by def
ault cannot create globally shared objects. This becomes a problem when protecte
d application mode is turned off for keyboard and mouse detection. Basically all
of the components would start up and fail to create the shared memory segment a
nd report the error through stderr which most people don't look at by default.
*The client is now the only component that is allowed to create the shared memo
ry segment, if creating the global segment fails it'll create a local one instea
d. Both the tray and manager now just attach to the existing segment, first tryi
ng the global one then the local one.
== Version 6.2.15 ==
* MGR: Code which tests for reboot required should be Windows-only.
* SEA: Change references of boinc_cmd to boinccmd
* SCR: Don't treat CPU throttling as BOINC being suspended. - Fixes #706
* MGR: If the reminder frequency is 0, then don't show any reminder messages.
* SCR / CLIENT: fix get_screensaver_tasks RPC so it does not exclude tasks susp
ended for CPU throttling. Fixes the screensaver problem for V6 graphics. Checked
into boinc_core_release_6_2_15 tag.
== Version 6.2.14 ==
* WINSETUP: Don't execute the custom action that creates the !RebootPending.txt
file in the program directory if a reboot isn't required.
* Fixes/Updates included from 6.2.13
== Version 6.2.13 ==
''Note: Unreleased due to error with reboot option fixed in 6.2.14''
* MGR: Fix the application name for both views. (NOTE: the data type 'char' sho
uld NOT be used within the various views. This is the classic example of how dir
ect data access messes things up in projects with many developers. Use wxString
with the PrintF method instead.)
* MGR: Fix build breaks from the above changes: pass a C string, not a wxString
to the PrintF method.
* client: Fix build breaks on Mac due to removal of headers from cpp.h.
* MGR: Fix the application name for both views. (ANSI/Unicode compatible)(VS/GC
C compatible)
* CC: Read the config file before setting the max file sizes.
* MGR: Fix small bug when displaying the active task count in the taskbar.
* WINSETUP: Create a flag file that can be used to keep either the manager or t
he CC from starting until a reboot has been performed. Flag the file for deletio
n after a reboot has been performed.
* WINSETUP: Don't create the flag file until after the migration phase has been
completed.
* WINSETUP: Use real quotes around the delete file command instead of tick mark
s, the Windows shell throws an error.
* WINSETUP: Instead of calling the Windows API to determinethe various special
folders, use the MSI properties which match the 'choose folder' dialog. We can s
kip the step if doing a case insensitive compare. Plus it appears that MSI norma
lizes the paths for us.
* MGR: Detect when a reboot is required for BOINC and display an error dialog i

f it is required.
* WINSETUP: Revamp the various strings used.
== Version 6.2.12 ==
* client: add "Suspending computation" messages for system idle and initial del
ay cases.
* MGR: Reset messages whenever connecting or reconnecting to client. Fixes 2 bu
gs: stale messages if client on remote host was stopped and restarted while loca
l manager was connected to it but minimized, and stale messages when local clien
t exited and was automatically restarted by Manager.
* MGR: On Mac, don't display alerts when minimized, as they hang Manager. On Wi
ndows and Mac, if minimized when trying to display the Connection Failed dialog,
set a flag to display it when the user maximizes the application, so the user c
an respond. In addition, Windows still immediately displays a Connection Failed
balloon if minimized.
* client: Fixes ticket Fixes ticket #537. Forces use of small files in zlib.h a
nd when /proc filesystem is used on solaris.
* WINSETUP: Prevent certain special paths from being used for either the instal
l directory or the data directory. Prevent this from both the UI component of se
tup, and if the situation is detected from the migration custom action, skip mig
ration.
== Version 6.2.11 ==
* This version has a fix for the double migration problem that still happened o
n some systems, when updating from 6.2.9 to 6.2.10
* I m releasing another build to test with the migration skip functionality. Jord
found an edge case where the migration skip functionality didn t work when migratin
g from 6.2.9 to 6.2.10. This bug only shows up during the upgrade from .9 to .10
, and wouldn t show up again until .99 to .100. Instead of holding things up waiting
for a bug fix and another round of testing, I m releasing a .11 build so that the m
igration skip functionality can be tested between .10 and .11.
* It turns out that the 64-bit installer was including the 32-bit C Runtime Lib
rary instead of the 64-bit C Runtime Library. Please re-download the 64-bit clie
nt and give it a whirl.
== Version 6.2.10 ==
* MGR: Fixed tool-tip.
== Version 6.2.9 ==
* client (Win): if running as service, and service is suspended/resumed, restor
e previous run state rather than going to auto.
* client: improve startup messages (non-system user??)
* client (Win): if we're not in protected mode, don't create shmem segs in glob
al name space. Hopefully this will fix a bug (on Vista, UAC off, non-protected i
nstall) where apps fail to attach to shmem.
* MGR: Fix the Alt-Tab icon on Windows XP. Fixes #586. Thanks Der Meister.
* MGR: Change from using balloons to tooltips. Fixes #9. Thanks David Barnard.
* client: Fix build break on Mac.
* MGR: Fix build breaks on Mac.
* MGR: If more than two active tasks are running then tell the user how many ac
tive tasks are running instead of attempting to display the percent complete of
each one.
* MGR: If the computer name is the local host then skip displaying it in the to
oltip.
==
*
*
*

Version 6.2.8 ==
MGR: Fix help menus in Simple GUI (not applicable on Windows).
client (Win) look for CUDA as nvcuda.dll
API/runtime system: remove "fraction done update period" stuff. This was alwa

ys 1 second, which is fine.

* client/API: add "computation_deadline" to APP_INIT_DATA. This supports apps t
hat can do variable amounts of computing; they can boinc_finish() if their deadl
ine is near.
* client: fix crashing bug when detach from project. The problem: the variable
ordered_scheduled_results has a list of pointers to RESULTs. These pointers beco
me dangling when the project is detached. It's not sufficient to do schedule_cpu
s() because this returns immediately if # projects == 0. So clear the list direc
tly.
* WINSETUP: Validate that the installed executables are the ones we are expecti
ng.
* WINSETUP: Do not allow the data directory and install directory to be the sam
e directory.
* WINSETUP: Reduce the amount of time allocated to shutdown the BOINC Manager f
rom 30 secs to 5 secs before killing it. Otherwise the user thinks the install p
rocess is hung.
* WINSETUP: Change text for describing the protected mode install
* WINSETUP: Add text describing the reason for a reboot
* WINSETUP: Add text describing the need to run a repair in the case where a th
ird party BOINC CC was installed or a private drop of the CC was used.
* WINSETUP: Properties that are changed during the execution phase of setup do
NOT bubble back up to the UI phase of setup when completed. Create some custom a
ctions that store those properties in the registry and then read them back after
we are back in the UI phase. Without them we cannot control what text is displa
yed in the setup completion dialog.
* WINSETUP: Suppress the reboot prompt and just reboot, since we have already i
nformed the user it is needed on the conformation screen
== Version 6.2.6 ==
* MGR: Adjust pie control slices so small wedges are visible if at all possible
,
* MGR: Don't enlarge pie control slices if value is zero.
* client: eliminate spurious "unparsed XML" messages Fixes #664. Rom, please ba
ckport to 6.2
* web: convert some tr() to tra() on BOINC web pages
* boinccmd (Windows): chdir to the data directory (from registry)
* client: copy api_version of APP_VERSIONs in scheduler reply, even if we alrea
dy have the APP_VERSION. Otherwise, when upgrading from 5.10 to 6.2, we won't ha
ve the api_version, and we won't learn about it until project releases new versi
on.
* fix build breaks for Windows x64 builds.
* Mac Installer: delete old locale directory to remove "boinc manager.mo" files
before installing new "boinc-manager.mo" files (or vice versa).
* WINSETUP: The call to !GetFreeDiskSpaceEx was failing becuase the path didn't
exist yet, so all the values in the returned data structures was random junk. I
f the directory had never been created before then it was returning 27/57 bytes
free. If the drectory had existed at one time then the return values were severa
l gigabytes. If the first request to !GetFreeDiskSpaceEx fails, then check for t
he parent directory, if that fails pass a NULL value which means check the defau
lt volume.
* WINSETUP: Fix a struct alignment issue when dumping the base64 encoded passwo
rd for boinc_project to a file. ATL's string conversion functions act of a class
and not a buffer which makes memory management easier but doesn't interop well
with fprintf unless you specify the buffer name directly.
== Version 6.2.4 ==
* Mac: revise build scripts for c-ares and cURL to work when there are spaces i
n the paths. These changes are based on information from the cURL developers.
* MGR: Fix trace statements in StartupBOINC()
* MGR: Add some more trace statements for Linux startup.

* MGR: BOINC commandline options require the '--' in front of the option. '-' j
ust causes the CC to exit while printing its help fr the commandline options.
* MGR: --insecure isn't supported on Linux yet. It is only supported on the Mac
.
* SCR: BOINC's screensaver module in preview mode only displays the BOINC icon,
since the preview window is only 300x200 or so. We shouldn't launch the data ma
nagement thread when launched in preview mode.
* client: If a scheduler reply doesn't include <host_venue> (as is the case if
its DB is down, or it has no work and skips the DB check) don't overwrite the ho
st_venue on the client. Fixes #656, I hope (Rom: please port)
* client: when parsing state file, don't change result states unless there's an
inconsistency. Fixes #621
* MGR: Fix a casting issue that was causing crashes on x64 platforms. Fixes# 65
8 (From: bbaetz)
* client: fix command line parsing bug. Parse the command line before initializ
ing the diagnostics framework.
* WINSETUP: Block installing on domain controllers for this release. (I'll fix
this for the next release cycle, or a future 6.2 release.)
* client: JM7 was seeing repeated file upload failures. It turned out that when
we close and reopen the temp file that stores the HTTP reply, the open was fail
ing. I have no idea why. Attempted workaround: open the file for R/W originally,
and instead of close/open do a seek.
* client: go one step further, and don't create temp files in some system-suppl
ied directory; create them in the BOINC data directory.
* client: on Windows (at least) if you kill a task (e.g. reset project) ACTIVE_
TASK::handle_exited_app() never gets called, so the coprocessors weren't getting
freed. Fix this.
* LINUX: fixes the CC startup problem.
== Version 6.2.2 ==
* client: if we request that an app exit, and it doesn't do so within 10 second
s, kill it. This deals with the situation where the app is ignoring messages (e.
g. because it forgot to end a critical section).
* client: if either the FP or int benchmark runs less than 3 CPU seconds (out o
f 10 seconds of wall time) ignore the benchmark. This is an effort to deal with
a problem where (for unknown reasons) the int benchmark runs for a tiny amount o
f CPU time, leading to an absurdly large result
* Manager: don't prepend "[error]" to MSG_INTERNAL_ERROR messages; the client a
lready does this.
* client: Fix compiler warning.
* MGR: Fix CMainDocument::!WorkShowGraphics() for Mac, UNIX and Linux to allow
showing graphics with or without sandbox.
* MGR: Statistics and Disk tab panes: clear when disconnected from Client, upda
te quickly when connecting to a (different) Client.
* client (Unix): linking libcudart.so wasn't working, so CUDA detection failed.
* For reasons I don't understand, adding "/usr/local/cuda/lib" to LD_LIBRARY_
PATH and then doing dlopen("libcudart.so") wasn't working, even though the libra
ry is in that dir. I worked around this by calling dlopen("/usr/local/cuda/lib/l
ibcudart.so") and if that fails call dlopen("libcudart.so")
* Unix: commented out Eric's setenv() stuff. After doing a configure, HAVE_SETE
NV is not in config.h, so something's messed up with it.
* client: trimmed down "pre-release software" message
* LIB: Windows 9X doesn't like it when you specify a security descriptor, so sp
ecial case Win9X so that it'll pass a NULL to !CreateFileMapping.
* DIAG: Passing a null value to fclose in VS 2005 will cause a crash, so check
to make sure that stdout_file and stderr_file are not null before attempting to
close them. If they are null return ERR_FOPEN so that the next message logged ca
n attempt to cycle the log without error.
* CLIENT: Make sure the diagnostics framework is initialized before the config
file is parsed or the command line is parsed, that way if an unexpected XML tab

or command line parameter is found the client doesn't crash.

* NOTE: The client would only crash if the log file was already greater than
2MB which would cause the client to attempt to cycle the log files. Since the di
agnostics framework wasn't initialized yet nothing was logged to the log file, n
o call stack was generated, and the default Windows debugging environment was fi
red up.
* MGR: Update comments on how to link with Development / debug build of wxWidge
ts; add this info to build documentation.
* client and server: in coprocessor records, change "name" to "type" to avoid c
onfusion with "name" field of CUDA. This is a bug fix - please port.
* start script: don't error out if run_state.xml file is empty (which happens i
f project runs out of disk space)
* client part of the above
== Version 6.2.1 ==
* DIAG: Add an easy way for projects to initialize the diagnostics framework fo
r graphics applications.
* DIAG: Make !SetDllDirectory work for Win2k3, Vista, and Win2k8
* API: If the diagnostics framework hasn't been initialized for the graphics ap
plication, initialize it.
* client: Win: fix CUDA detection:
* look in the registry to find the CUDA install directory, and look for cudar
t.dll in that dir.
* client: for CUDA, don't confuse coproc.name ("CUDA") from coproc.prop.name (e
.g., "Device Emulation (CPU)" on my PC, which doesn't have a recent-enough GPU)
* client: if no coprocessors present, say so in startup messages
* API: Fix build break from my last check-in.
* client (Unix) Add /usr/local/cuda/lib/ to LD_LIBRARY_PATH before looking for
CUDA library
* boinc_cmd: changed help strings to say "boinccmd". I'd like to change the fil
ename too but can't figure out Makefile stuff
* API: fix Mac compile errors.
* client: implement Mac CUDA detection, fix compiler warning.
* boinc_cmd: change name to "boinccmd".
* client (unix): avoid crash if LD_LIBRARY_PATH not set
* MGR/CLI: remove direct references to !CreateEnvironmentBlock and !DestroyEnvi
ronmentBlock since Win98 doesn't support them. This functionality is only requir
ed for the Windows sandbox implementation anyway.
* LIB: Remove direct reference to !OpenThread in win_util.C since it isn't supp
orted on Win98.
* MGR: Another fix for CC execution on a Linux machine.
* client (Unix) fix to CUDA detection if LD_LIBRARY_PATH is ""
== Version 6.1.16 ==
* API: fix boinc_resolve_filename_s() to handle symlinks the same as boinc_reso
lve_filename().
* client: do the /proc/interrupts stuff (see above) only on Linux-like systems;
use device_idle() only on non-Linux Unix systems
* Fix is_file() to use S_ISREG() macro instead of incorrect (sbuf.st_mode & S_I
FREG); fix is_dir() to use S_ISDIR() macro instead of incorrect (sbuf.st_mode &
S_IFDIR).
* Fix is_file() and is_dir() to compile properly on Windows by using the actual
expressions instead of the macros which aren't defined.
* scheduler: fix FCGI compile problem. FCGI can't use libboinc.a; is needs its
own specially-compiled versions of everything in lib/
* MGR: Make help system work again.
* MGR: Add pre-release to the BOINC Manager title bar and about dialog if it is
a pre-release version of BOINC.
* CLI: Add some pre-release text to the CC startup routine and suggest they rev
ert back to a released build if they don't plan on testing the client.

* client: fix array size in Linux test for running on batteries

== Version 6.1.15 ==
''Note: Unreleased''
* DIAG: Make sure that if the symstore isn't defined at all, don't construct th
e symstore search path.
* WINSETUP: Don't check for SP4 against Win9X.
* LIB: Fix build break on Linux compat VM.
* BLD: Update confgiure.ac to require libcurl 7.17.1.
* client: use symlinks only if project has <use_symlinks/> element.
* API: fixed boinc_resolve_filename() bug: didn't work right for symlinks
* Fix is_symlink() to use S_ISLNK() macro instead of incorrect (sbuf.st_mode
& S_IFLNK), which made it return true for regular files and caused boinc_resolve
_filename() to work incorrectly.
* manager: fix menu appearance
* Unix init script: modified to make less linux specific.
* Does not presume the existence of "pidof" or "runuser".
* If started with an old style Bourne shell, will try to restart in bash, zsh o
r ksh.
* Starts with no parameters by default.
* Logs stdout and stderr to /var/log/boinc_client.log and /var/log/boinc_client
_err.log by default.
* With appropriate "boinc-client.conf", the script can be run by a non-root use
r.
* client: improved user idle checking on Linux (from Frank Thomas)
== Version 6.1.14 ==
* client: add coprocessor support: i.e., parse the list of coprocs in <app_vers
ion>s from the server, keep track of the number free of each type of coproc, and
don't run an app that needs more than are available. (not quite working yet)
* client: Per Carl's recommendation add CURLOPT_POST301 to the list of curl opt
ions used so that the followups to redirects still post instead of get.
* client: finish and debug coprocessor support
* manager and GUI RPC: show plan class in app version string
* client (Unix): don't follow symbolic links when computing directory size. Thi
s will avoid counting the size of executables and input files in slot directorie
s.
* Build fixes for non-Win32, non-Linux, non-MacOS systems.
* configure script:
* Added checks for functions strdup(), strdupa(), daemon(), stat64(), strcase
str()
* Fixed problems with kc_mysql.m4 and wxWidgets.m4 returning invalid CFLAGS a
nd LIBS flags.
* Fixed incorrect order of pthread flag checking on solaris.
* New files: lib/unix_util.[Ch]. Currently contains implementation of daemon()
for systems that lack it.
* Access to binary files in /proc was failing on some systems when compiled wit
h 64 bit file access. Rearranged headers and defines to force 32bit file access
in hostinfo_unix.C
* all_tty_idle() didn't work as advertised on any system as far as I can tell.
I rewrote it to check ttys that are not named /dev/tty[1-9]. The old implementat
ion was modifying a statically allocated read-only string, anyway.
* added implementation of non-standard function strcasestr() to str_util.C
* added #define of MAP_FILE to shmem.C, because it is missing from most unix sy
stems, (and is unnecessary on linux anyway).
* other minor bug fixes.
* Graphics API: Add boinc_close_window_and_quit() API to UNIX / Mac lib.
* Mac: Fix compiler warning.
* Mac: Remove -fvisibility* compiler flags from BOINC library builds and boinc_

cmd build.
* Client/server protocol: send <client_cap_plan_class/> if client understands a
pp version plan class. The server checks for this instead of version > 6.11. (su
ggested by Nicolas Alvarez)
* clean up unix_util: .h files declare only (extern) interfaces; no reason for
daemon() to be C
* compile fixes for gcc 4.x; fixes #592
* scheduler: bug fix for case when app version XML is > 64KB
* server: when creating log dir, we were using wrong bit for sticky flag
* WINSETUP: Make sure the executable permissions are setup correctly after the
binaries are installed.
* WINSETUP: Inform MSI that a reboot is suggested after creation of 'boinc_mast
er', 'boinc_project', 'boinc_admins', 'boinc_users', 'boinc_projects'.
* WINSETUP: Reread the INSTALLDIR property from the registry to determine if th
eir is data to migrate. INSTALLDIR is changed to where ever the user wants to in
stall BOINC now, which may be different then where it was in 5.10.
* WINSETUP: If the user is running on Win2k but hasn't upgraded to SP4, inform
them of the new requirement.
* API: change boinc_resolve_filename() so that it detects symbolic links and tr
eats them as a special case. Also, if the virtual file doesn't exist (as in the
standalone case) just return zero; otherwise if the app is running standalone an
d checks the return value, it will error out.
* NOTE: apps that check the return value of boinc_resolve_filename() won't wo
rk on 6.12+ under Unix; recompiling with this change will fix the problem.
* Mac: Update build documentation, move building project applications build ins
tructions to a separate document (wiki page)
* Mac: Fix bugs in new backtrace code.
* Added init.d script (boinc-client.in) and Makefile.am to install it.
* I got this from the Fedora package. I have modified it to create the run di
rectory if it does not exist, and to not run boinc as root. Checking for running
processes needs to be improved.
* boinc-client.in is still very linux centric and probably won't work on non-li
nux systems or under Bourne shell without significant changes.
* WINSETUP: Fix the bug during uninstall where the data files were not being mi
grated back to the executable directory.
* fixes for gcc 4.3
* GUI: Disable Show Graphics button if any selected task is suspended for any r
eason.
* Mac: Fix new backtrace code for x86_64 Client and project applications.
* client: send client_cap_plan_class as <x>1</x> rather than <x/> in scheduler
request; the latter breaks older schedulers.
* old parse code: make skip_unexpected() work with <x/>
== Version 6.1.12 ==
''ALPHA''
* Migration Issues
* WIN: Protected Application Execution issues
== Version 6.1.10 ==
''ALPHA''
* MAC: The long-awaited first full alpha release of version 6 on the Macintosh
for your testing pleasure!
* MAC: Changes from 5.10.x are too numerous to list, but include full multiple
selection support on the Grid Views.
== Version 6.1.8 ==
''ALPHA''
* Updated the test matrix to include tests for the new 6.x installer
== Version 6.1.7 ==

''ALPHA''
* more in-depth logging with regards to migration failures.
== Version 6.1.6 ==
''ALPHA''
* Undefined Changes/Bugfixes
== Version 6.1.5 ==
''ALPHA''
* Migration Issues
* Versions 6.1.0 to 6.1.4 were tested internally
== Version 5.10 ==
* Manager
* Project selection list in Attach Project wizard.
* Advanced preferences dialog.
* Grid-based views: column sorting, progress bars, line shading.
* Ability to find browser cookies on some platforms; enables web-only attach.
* Don't allow multiple connection-request dialogs.
* Better logic for Snooze menu item.
* Core client
* Improved slot directory logic makes it impossible for two apps to run in sam
e slot.
* Reject directory-traversal and format conversion characters in filenames fro
m projects.
* Add security-related configuration options: suppress_net_info, disallow_atta
ch, os_random_only.
* Support new work_buf_additional_days preference.
* Various changes to prevent buffer overruns.
* Day-of-week preference enforcement.
* Work correctly if core client starts up before DNS system is working.
* Export scheduling info in GUI RPCs.
* Upgrade to OpenSSL 0.9.8e and LibcURL 7.16.4.
* Windows
* Work around Vista problems by running all components with administrative rig
hts.
* Mac
* BOINC 5.10.28 fixes problems when running under Mac OSX 10.5 (Leopard).
* Added a separate application to uninstall BOINC.
* Fix various problems with use of shared memory.
* Fix bug which created zombie processes.
* Correctly report RAM > 2 GB.
* If screensaver launched BOINC, don't stop running when energy saver puts dis
play to sleep.
* Improved user idle detection.
* More robust installer.
== Version 5.8 ==
* Snooze button.
* CPU throttling.
* Simple GUI; skinnability, local prefs dialog.
* Preferences for limiting RAM usage.
* Disk usage pie chart.
* Support for advanced account manager features like host-specific resource sha
re.
=== Version 5.8.16 ===

* CPU model string includes Family/Model/Stepping.

* Fix errors if detach project while file transfers active.
* Limits on # of file transfers apply to uploads and downloads separately.
* Add checkpoint_debug log flag.
* Set processor affinity mask for benchmark threads (Windows).
* Disable connection caching in Curl.
* Add 'Detach when done' flag to projects (for clean detach, e.g. from account
manager).
* Delete all files when detach from project.
* Fix bugs on Mac OS X 10.3 that could create bad users/groups.
=== Version 5.8.15 ===
* Mac: eliminate !AppStats helper application.
=== Version 5.8.14 ===
* Win: installer fixes.
=== Version 5.8.13 ===
* Fix bug where tasks are erroneously restarted after abort.
* Win: installer fixes.
=== Version 5.8.12 ===
* Win: installer fixes.
== Version 5.6 ==
*
*
*
*

New CPU scheduler and work fetch policy.

CPU capability detection.
Improved security for POSIX compliant systems (only implemented for the Mac).
Support for file compression on upload.

== Version 5.4 ==
* BOINC now lets you use 'Account managers' - special web sites that let you br
owse BOINC projects, attach/detach, change resource share and settings, all with
point-and-click simplicity. Account managers are also great if you have several
computers - you just have to make changes once. A couple of excellent account m
anagers are nearly ready for use; stay tuned to the [http://boinc.berkeley.edu/
BOINC web site] for details.
* Fixes a bug where a personal firewall prevents the BOINC screensaver from run
ning, causing your computer to lock up.
* General preferences can be overridden by a local file. [PrefsOverride More in
fo].
* BOINC now alerts you whenever it needs you to create a network connection.
* SOCKS5 proxies are now supported.
== Version 5.3 ==

* Customized clients can now be created.

* Account manager support has been enhanced.
* Farm manager support has been added.
== Version 5.2 ==
* You attach to projects using your own email address and password. Long, rando
m 'account keys' are no longer used.
* BOINC checks for proxy configuration problems when you first attach to a proj
ect.
* The file [RpcAuth gui_rpc_auth.cfg] contains a password that protects the BOI
NC client from control by other users on the same host. BOINC automatically gene
rates a password if none is found. If you use tools like BOINCView you may need
to look it up or change it. If you need to revert from 5.2.x to an earlier versi
on, you must delete gui_rpc_auth.cfg from your BOINC directory.
* Alert boxes now provide feedback when certain errors occur.
* BOINC supports 'Account Management Systems' (to be announced).