Martin 53N 1W wrote:

SoT wrote:

Classic SETI users must be guessing why Berkeley keeps talking about
switching everyone to BOINC but neither the Classic site or the new
BOINC site has an updated schedule of when this is going to happen.

Note that s@h are a /small/ *research* group, although admittedly 
running a very big project. Things are being done for the very first 
time on newly developed software. The are various unknowns to explore or 
to get tripped up by.

For a well established commercial system with guaranteed resources, then 
it is reasonable to work to a fixed timescale with fixed published dates.

In the research environment, nothing is guaranteed.

LOL

The transition schedule lists what needs to be done, with a rough idea 
of timescale. Berkeley will work through the list as fast as resourcing 
and (unanticipated) external events permit.

Work?  Do you work at Berkeley?  You sure sound like it. ;)
Seriously, people aren't that concerned with how fast the transition
is going.  The last item listed on the transition schedule is dated
for tomorrow.  This doesn't even qualify as a best guess when there
are several steps before the server shutdown that are still at a to
be announced status.

In many respects, s@h is still a 'part-time spare-time for the love of 
doing it' project. The real world gets the higher priority interrupt.


Hang in there and watch for the next step.

You too, sport.

Try not to be too sentimental about s@h classic. The code and algorithms 
live on, with a few extra goodies thrown in. Someone could even write a 
boinc 'add-on' to recreate the old s@h classic look (:-))

Not that sentimental myself.  I transitioned to BOINC last year.