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Thread: [RESOLVED] WCG offers downloading version 7.2.47 while highest current version at BOINC is 7.2.42 |
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Wings2
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I just noticed that 'http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/reg/ms/viewDownloadAgain.do' offers downloading v7.2.47, but the highest formal available version on 'http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php' is 7.2.42. Which one is the real official latest and why are these versions not aligned? It's confusing and not logical.
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Former Member
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Here the changelog of the wcg skinned release versus 7.2.42.
http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/forum_thread.php?id=8378&postid=53349#53349 |
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Former Member
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I just re-joined WCG on Oct. 2nd. I never paid any attention as to which version I downloaded, I just used the one form the download page that Wings2 listed.
Should I not be using 7.2.47? If not, where do I find 7.2.42? |
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deltavee
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Should I not be using 7.2.47? There is no version that you "should" be using. 7.2.47 is okay. If you are using that, then you should just stick with it.  |
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Former Member
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I just noticed that 'http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/reg/ms/viewDownloadAgain.do' offers downloading v7.2.47, but the highest formal available version on 'http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php' is 7.2.42. Which one is the real official latest and why are these versions not aligned? It's confusing and not logical. .....and has always been the case! |
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Former Member
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The stated reason for this state of affairs is that the Official WCG version has been security checked in depth by IBM and is guaranteed safe for large corporate users to safely install on their networks. The latest versions held on the BOINC site are not guaranteed. You can tell which version you are running from the icon in the systray. if you have one, WCG has the WCG logo, not the Boinc logo
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Former Member
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Scribe said:
...You can tell which version you are running from the icon in the systray. My 7.2.47 has the WCG logo, so I guess I'm golden. |
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Wings2
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Looking to the release notes indicated by 'lavaflow' I see that a lot of issues have been solved when going from 7.2.42 to 7.2.47; also intensive testing has been done.
Why is 7.2.47 therefore not offered to/by BOINC? Are the development groups of WCG and BOINC completely independent groups without daily contact? This question is just to understand the relations between WCG and BOINC. |
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Falconet
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The WCG team and BOINC devs do cooperate with each other.
----------------------------------------I am sure that many of the improvements in that changelog are already part the next ALPHA/BETA/RC version of the BOINC software. AMD Ryzen 5 1600AF 6C/12T 3.2 GHz - 85W AMD Ryzen 5 2500U 4C/8T 2.0 GHz - 28W AMD Ryzen 7 7730U 8C/16T 3.0 GHz |
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noderaser
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Even the all-encompassing download directory at BOINC (http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dl/) doesn't show a 7.2.47, so the distinction must have been made by WCG for some changes they made. I do notice that the WCG Mac and Linux versions are both shown as 7.2.42, does the software also show 7.2.47 or could it have just been a typo?
----------------------------------------Even though I've contributed to WCG on and off since the United Devices days, I've never used their distribution of the BOINC client. I've always gone with the "recommended" version from the Berkeley site. |
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