Server Release 1.6.2

Release Notes

Introduction

The BOINC development community is pleased to announce a new server release.
For more details on new features, bugs fixed and any known issues, please read the server release notes.

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/1.6/1.6.2 -b server_release/1.6.2

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.

What's Changed

• web: require login for some pages; try to reduce bot activity by @davidpanderson in #7120

Full Changelog: server_release/1.6/1.6.1...server_release/1.6/1.6.2