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Release Notes

Introduction

The BOINC development community is pleased to announce a new server release.
These release notes provide an overview of the new features, bugs fixed and any known issues.
The new features included in this release are:

  • #2118: Proof of UserID ownership using public key cryptography
  • #3009: Project Specific Test Probes

Bugs Fixed

  • #2063: Change "Use ATI GPU" on project preferences to "Use AMD GPU"
  • #2858: Duplication of versioning
  • #2857: GDPR not showing in alternate view
  • #2958: db_dump seg faults if STATSEXPORT is not enabled
  • #2975: Cross-project certificate page is broken
  • #2960: Wrong use of error_page() function throughout the code
  • #3089: The daily quota is not fullly respected if close to limit
  • #3145: db_purge bugs in zlib support
  • #3005: db_purge should also purge the batch table
  • #3188: Agreeing to Terms of Use when Logging In without checking "Stay Logged In" Generates Error
  • #3206: generate_account_ownership_keys.php breaks make_project

Please see the git comparison with v1.0.4 for the details.

Known issues

  • None

Download

The server release can be obtained with the following commands.

git clone https://github.com/BOINC/boinc.git
cd boinc
git checkout tags/server_release/1.2/1.2.0 -b server_release/1.2.0

The code can then be built as described in the documentation.

./_autosetup
./configure --disable-client --disable-manager
make

Install

To setup a new BOINC server, please follow the guide. If you are new to BOINC please ensure to review the Technical Documentation first.

Upgrade

An existing BOINC server can be upgraded with the upgrade tool.

Change Log

General

  • PR #2861: Alternative approach for server versioning, addresses issue #2858
  • PR #2906: Add options for not collecting or showing URL and country
  • PR #2963: Remove unused BOINC_RCSID constants
  • PR #2965: Public-key cryptographic proof of account ownership, addresses issue #2118
  • PR #2967: Keep server version # in a file (html/inc/server_version.inc)
  • PR #3049: Add conditional terms of use consent requirement to create_account RPC
  • PR #3168: Quality: fix small issues

Scheduler & Validator

  • PR #2138: Raise the quorum for 'suspicious' results to ensure validation
  • PR #2630: Add the ability to have > 1 stages of trickle handling
  • PR #3024: Add "punitive validation" mechanism, addresses issue #3009
  • PR #3089: Check daily job limit on each job, not just when choosing AV, addresses issue #3089
  • PR #3090: Fixes uninitialized values of min/max_wu_id and min/max_batch
  • PR #3102: Fix bugs in #3024
  • PR #3198: If plan class name contains "amd", assume it's AMD GPU
  • PR #3233: Fix incorrect variable printed to sched debug

Web & PHP

  • PR #2743: Fix layout problem with forum tables
  • PR #2786: Image File Compression
  • PR #2814: Fix bug in team import, wrong include path fixed
  • PR #2829: Removed surplus bracket
  • PR #2844: Change "ATI" to "AMD" in a few places, addresses issue #2063
  • PR #2872: Add ability to put extra stuff in element of all pages
  • PR #2890: Added token authentication to agreetotermsofuse form
  • PR #2916: Add consent preferences to column view of project preferences page, addresses issue #2857
  • PR #2920: Script to fix project preferences
  • PR #2925: RSS feed: add element to make it validate
  • PR #2951: Fix undefined var on host page when <show_results> is false
  • PR #2971: Fix deprecated php stuff
  • PR #2976: Fixed get_other_projects function addresses issue #2975
  • PR #2979: Do not allow page_head() to be called twice, addresses issue #2960
  • PR #2980: Strip HTML tags for the page title
  • PR #2990: Change certificate title font so that it works with Firefox
  • PR #3000: Fix php syntax error
  • PR #3016: Change "ATI GPU" to "AMD GPU" in host app details, addresses issue #2063
  • PR #3042: Fix typos in user visible strings
  • PR #3058: Make it possible to send HTML email
  • PR #3078: Fix errors in keywords.inc
  • PR #3080: Fix auto-attach process for VBox projects
  • PR #3131: If view empty thread, mark it as read
  • PR #3139: Minor text output cleanup for the new account ownership pages
  • PR #3171: fix small typo in translatable text
  • PR #3189: Fix invalid error message on accept terms of use page, addresses issue #3188
  • PR #3195: Add ability to view mem/disk usage stats for a batch.
  • PR #3207: Cleanup generate_account_ownership_keys, addresses issue #3206

Tools & Scripts

  • PR #2818: Added default project value disable_account_creation_rpc
  • PR #2827: Linking db_dump requires -lz
  • PR #2974: Fix db_dump segfault, addresses issue #2958
  • PR #3084: Removed extra .gz from badge_user and badge_team
  • PR #3146: Fix bugs in zlib support in db_purge, addresses issue #3145
  • PR #3148: Purge retired batches from the batch table, addresses issue #3005

Remote Job Submission

Drupal

  • PR #2847: Changed a few "ATI" string to "AMD", addresses issue #2063
  • PR #2877 & #2881: Update bbcode-filter for PHP7
  • PR #2950: Modified email messages to remove language code
  • PR #2966: Add and fix ctools module
  • PR #2982: PHP7 fixes for boinc modules
  • PR #2983: PHP 7 fixes for various contrib modules
  • PR #2984: Removed old INI settings
  • PR #2985: PHP7 fixes for views modules
  • PR #2986: Panels module - Fixed old style PHP4 constructors
  • PR #2987: PHP7 fixes for ctools module
  • PR #2994: Move tableofcontents module
  • PR #2995: Move facetapi module
  • PR #2997: Boincimport - fix errant character problem
  • PR #2999: Removed PHP ini setting 'arg_separator.output'
  • PR #3018: Add form to send email to all team-members
  • PR #3021: Fixed wording on email team page
  • PR #3022: Removed extra slash
  • PR #3033: Add JS to terms-of-use form
  • PR #3039: Move context module to codebase
  • PR #3040: Modified bbcode module to rewrite email addresses
  • PR #3041: Modified CSS BOINC theme
  • PR #3051: Add boinccore_mail_alter to change encoding
  • PR #3056: Notify admins using rules functionality
  • PR #3057: Fixed misc PHP problems
  • PR #3063: Fixed registration form terms-of-use checkbox
  • PR #3072: Add additional admin notification rules
  • PR #3082: Fixed bug where rules_invoke_event is called
  • PR #3085: Add subject line text to help email filtering
  • PR #3087: Changed text of subject line for admin notifications
  • PR #3092: Changed how the host_and_work_stats times are displayed
  • PR #3096: Drupal feature to add tag to subject line of admin notifications
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