Re: [boinc_dev] 7.3.6: assertion failed for "Tools"-> "computing preferences"

2014-02-26 Thread Charlie Fenton
Hi Toralf, I believe you need to pass the --disable-debug_flag argument to configure when building wxWidgets 3.0 to disable these asserts. Unfortunatley, wxWidgets 3.0 has wxDEBUG_LEVEL set to 1 by default for both debug and release builds, which enables all asserts and most other debugging fe

[boinc_dev] when should client decide if task is high priority or not

2014-02-26 Thread Juha
Hi all The question was inspired by the following events: (Task switch interval is 30 minutes) su 23. helmikuuta 2014 22.21.11 | SETI@home | [cpu_sched] Preempting 30mr13ad.23882.2116.438086664203.12.28_1 (left in memory) su 23. helmikuuta 2014 22.21.11 | boincsimap | Starting task 20140129.6

[boinc_dev] 7.3.6: assertion failed for "Tools"-> "computing preferences"

2014-02-26 Thread Toralf Förster
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 realized today, not sure, if it was already an issue in <7.3.6 32 bit stable Gentoo Linux : ASSERT INFO: /var/tmp/portage/x11-libs/wxGTK-3.0.0.0/work/wxPython-src-3.0.0.0/src/generic/imaglist.cpp(66): assert "(bitmap.GetWidth() >= m_width && bitmap

Re: [boinc_dev] Lack of documentation on the Android clients.

2014-02-26 Thread Richard Haselgrove
Hear, hear. When I was in a similar position (25 years ago), I was fortunate on two counts: 1) I was hired to write code only. 2) My project sponsor - who was *not* a coder - recognised the need for proper user documentation from the outset. Her solution was to recruit a professional author - p

Re: [boinc_dev] Lack of documentation on the Android clients.

2014-02-26 Thread William Stilte
To add an example see this Seti beta post http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/beta/forum_thread.php?id=2100&postid=49613#49613and the follow-up To summarise, the client suddenly had a new feature that defaulted to on, with nil documentation on what it actually does and how it is different from similar

[boinc_dev] Lack of documentation on the Android clients.

2014-02-26 Thread Jord van der Elst
Hi all, Over the past days, a couple of BOINC on Android clients have been released to the public, which is great. My problem is the total lack of documentation. Other than the --already outdated-- Android FAQ (http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Android_FAQ), there's nowhere where people can look up w