On Sat, 24 Jul 2004 10:26:45 -0700, AthlonRob <junkmail@axpr.net>
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On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 19:24:22 -0400, Brian C. <farside6@aol.com> wrote:

By the way, version change to 4.x is upcomming. I remember reading it in a
Predictor@home thread.

It's in Alpha testing now... so far so good, I think.  Hopefully Beta will be up and running again soon to test 4.x before it hits the release site.

With any amount of luck, P@H will move to 4.x at or near the same time as it hits Beta.  :-)

f/f george wrote:
> As an idea, please make sure the Boinc people that see version 4 know
> UPFRONT whether they should upgrade or not. I have no idea if version
> 4 is for everything Boinc or just certain programs but I DO know that
> some people are still using version 3.19 because "no one told them to
> upgrade"!
>

In the case of Predictor they recently forced everyone to upgrade to 3.20 to continue receiving work as it fixed a bug that was screwing up a number of their workunits. The Predictor website also had the 3.20 client a couple of days before Berkeley themselves listed it. Inserting a version notification system might be a good idea. It seems to check the version anyway, but presenting that info to the end-user would help. So far the only way is to manually check the BOINC website or wait until your client is too obsolete and an upgrade is forced.