From 46e8cd0c1a1e9ac7035b58671750a27f8f2e0081 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruce Allen Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 17:22:06 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation on svn path=/trunk/boinc/; revision=10799 --- checkin_notes | 8 ++++++++ doc/project_options.php | 15 ++++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes index 310a869c3f..8f702760fe 100755 --- a/checkin_notes +++ b/checkin_notes @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ + Rom 4 Jan 2006 - Branding update for GridRepublic @@ -8195,3 +8196,10 @@ Charlie 31 July 2006 macbadgemask.xpm (Added) macsnoozebadge.xpm macdisconnectbadge.xpm + +Bruce 31 July 2006 + - Documentation on + + doc/ + project_options.php + diff --git a/doc/project_options.php b/doc/project_options.php index 4198e33b81..7c64576c4e 100644 --- a/doc/project_options.php +++ b/doc/project_options.php @@ -258,7 +258,20 @@ list_item("resend_lost_results", in scheduler request, resend any in-progress results not in the list. This is recommended; - it should increase the efficiency of your project" + it should increase the efficiency of your project. Note that + in an ideal world, it would never be necessary to resend results. + The first time that they were sent from the server, the client would + receive them and no resending would be needed. However it is the + experience of several projects that, for reasons that are + not well understood, a BOINC client sometimes fails to receive the + scheduler reply. This flag addresses that issue: it causes the SAME results to be RESENT + by the scheduler, if the client has failed to receive them. + It works as follows. In its scheduler request, the BOINC + client includes a list of results that it has already received. The scheduler + checks these against the database to be sure that the client has received + ALL results which should be present. If there are missing results on + client, and this flag is set, then those results are RESENT by the + scheduler before any new work is sent."" ); list_item("min_passwd_length", "Minimum length of user passwords. Default is 6."