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BUGS (arranged from high to low priority)
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- Client treats URL "maggie/ap/" different than URL "maggie/ap",
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though this isn't really a bug it might be good to fix anyway
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- global battery/user active prefs are always true in the client
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- Client should display "Upload failed" and "Download failed" when failure occurs
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- Result status should say "downloading files", "uploading files", etc.
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- message window should reposition to bottom when new message
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- show_message should expect \n, discard it if GUI
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- Win GUI: line between menus and tabs
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- "show graphics" should not use right-click
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- win GUI: reduce flicker?
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- on major version change, should discard any pending WUs
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- labels on disk graph are not clear
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- document and add to global prefs?
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start_saver
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run_minimized
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run_on_startup
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hangup_if_dialed
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- trim leading/trailing spaces from account ID (Win GUI)
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- I entered in a wrong URL - there was no obvious feedback that it wasn't correct.
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Messages showed up in the messages tab, but I was looking at the progress tab.
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Shouldn't the client expect something from the server? If it doesn't get it,
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especially on logging in for the first time, you should get an obvious warning.
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- when i quit a project, I have to exit and restart the client, which is ugly.
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- after quitting a project, the project name still showed up in gray in the projects
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list - I could right click on it to "relogin" (which did nothing) or "quit project"
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which I thought I already did.
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- consider warning message during windows (and perhaps other platforms)
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install that checks to see if the BOINC directory already exists,
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and if so, should the user overwrite it? or upgrade it?
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- Screensaver on win98 shows up as "boinc_ss" in the screensaver list. Should be "BOINC"
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- After running all night (on Win98) I shook the mouse to wake up the blank screen, and
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all I saw was the top half of the screen was solid gray, and the bottom half the
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bottom half of the astropulse graphics. They weren't moving. The computer was frozen.
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I had to ctrl-alt-del to restart.
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HIGH-PRIORITY (should do for beta test)
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On "add project" the core client should immediately attempt to
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get project master page and verify user account.
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If failure, let user retype URL/ID
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Delete files if needed to honor disk usage constraint
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should include per-result constraints (e.g. giant stderr files)
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inform user if files deleted
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- "Connect Now" command should apply to a particular project,
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and should override the backoff on that project
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implement server watchdogs
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THINGS TO TEST (preferably with test scripts)
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time-of-day limitation
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Limit frequency of disk writes
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make sure it actually works
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- Test suspend/resume functionality on Windows/UNIX
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- verify that if file xfer is interrupted, it resumes at right place
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- result reissue
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- WU failure: too many errors
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- WU failure: too many good results
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- credit is granted even if result arrives very late
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- multiple preference sets
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- shared memory and CPU time measurement, with and without the BOINC API
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- timezone on all platforms
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- preference propagation between projects
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- ensure cpu time doesn't reset if app is killed rather than quitting
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MEDIUM-PRIORITY (should do before public release)
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add an RPC to verify an account ID (returns DB ID for user)
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needed for multi-project stats sites
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implement a "clear project" command (GUI and cmdline)
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implement a "fetch prefs" command (regular RPC w/o work request)
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all RPCs should return a "user-specific project URL"
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to be used in GUI (might refer to user page)
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when you create a team you should join that team
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in GUI, project name should hyperlink to a project-specified URL
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(typically user page for that project)
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preference flag for confirm before accepting executable file
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abort result if any file exceeds max_nbytes
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per-WU limits
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max disk
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max CPU
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max VM size
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Don't fork CPU benchmark process if skip_cpu_benchmarks is set
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let user choose language files in installation process
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write general language file manipulation functions
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use https to secure login pages, do we care about authenticator
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being transmitted without encryption from the client?
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abort app if excess memory used
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Windows 9x CPU time calculated incorrectly
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write docs for project management
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how to start/stop server complex
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what needs to be backed up and how
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account creation: show privacy/usage policies
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finish SOCKS implementation, test
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decide what to do with invalid result files in upload directory
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make get_local_ip_addr() work in all cases
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think about sh_fopen related functionality in BOINC client
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Implement FIFO mechanism in scheduler for results that can't be sent
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user profiles on web (borrow logic from SETI@home)
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Devise system for porting applications
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password-protected web-based interface for
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uploading app versions and adding them to DB
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XXX should do this manually since need to sign
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Add 2-D waterfall display to Astropulse
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Deadline mechanism for results
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- use in result dispatching
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- use in file uploading (decide what to upload next)
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- use in deciding when to make scheduler RPC (done already?)
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Testing framework
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better mechanisms to model server/client/communication failure
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better mechanisms to simulate large load
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do client/server on separate hosts?
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Global preferences
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test propagation mechanism
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set up multi-project, multi-host test;
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change global prefs at one web site,
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make sure they propagate to all hosts
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Per-project preferences
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test project-specific prefs
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make example web edit pages
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make app that uses them
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set up a test with multiple projects
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test "add project" feature, GUI and cmdline
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test resource share mechanism
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CPU benchmarking
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review CPU benchmarks - do they do what we want?
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what to do when tests show hardware problem?
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How should we weight factors for credit?
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run CPU tests unobtrusively, periodically
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check that on/conn/active fracs are maintainted correctly
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check that bandwidth is measured correctly
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measure disk/mem size on all platforms
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get timezone to work
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CPU accounting in the presence of checkpoint/restart
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test
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Redundancy checking and validation
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test the validation mechanism
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make sure credit is granted correctly
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make sure average, total credit maintained correctly for user, host
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Windows screensaver functionality
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idle-only behavior without screensaver - test
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Data transfer
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make sure restart of downloads works
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make sure restart of uploads works
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test download/upload with multiple data servers
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make sure it tries servers in succession,
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does exponential backoff if all fail
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review and document prioritization of transfers
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review protocol; make sure error returns are possible and handled correctly
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Scheduler
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Should dispatch results based on deadline?
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test that scheduler estimates WU completion time correctly
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test that scheduler sends right amount of work
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test that client estimates remaining work correctly,
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requests correct # of seconds
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test that hi/low water mark system works
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test that scheduler sends only feasible WUs
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Scheduler RPC
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formalize notion of "permanent failure" (e.g. can't download file)
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report perm failures to scheduler, record in DB
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make sure RPC backoff is done for any perm failure
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(in general, should never make back-to-back RPCs to a project)
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make sure that client eventually reloads master URL
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Application graphics
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finish design, implementation, doc, testing
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size, frame rate, whether to generate
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Work generation
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generation of upload signature is very slow
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prevent file_xfer->req1 from overflowing. This problems seems to be
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happening when the file_upload_handler returnes a message to the
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client that is large. This causes project->parsefile to get wrong
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input and so on.
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test HTTP redirect mechanism for all types of ops
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Add batch features to ops web
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LONG-TERM IDEAS AND PROJECTS
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use https for login (don't sent account ID or password in clear)
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CPU benchmarking
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This should be done by a pseudo-application
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rather than by the core client.
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This would eliminate the GUI-starvation problem,
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and would make it possible to have architecture-specific
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benchmarking programs (e.g. for graphics coprocessor)
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or project-specific programs.
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investigate binary diff mechanism for updating persistent files
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verify support for > 4 GB files everywhere
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use FTP instead of HTTP for file xfer??
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measure speed diff
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Local scheduling
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more intelligent decision about when/what to work on
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- monitor VM situation, run small-footprint programs
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even if user active
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- monitor network usage, do net xfers if network idle
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even if user active
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The following would require client to accept connections:
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- clients can act as proxy scheduling server
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- exiting client can pass work to another client
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- client can transfer files to other clients
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User/host "reputation"
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keep track of % results bad, %results claimed > 2x granted credit
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both per-host and per-user.
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Make these visible to project, to that user (only)
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Storage validation
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periodic rehash of persistent files;
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compare results between hosts
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Include account ID in URL for file xfers
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This would let you verify network xfers by scanning web logs
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(could use that to give credit for xfers)
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WU/result sequence mechanism
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design/implement/document
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Multiple application files
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document, test
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Versioning
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think through issues involved in:
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compatibility of core client and scheduling server
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compatibility of core client and data server
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compatibility of core client and app version
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compatibility of core client and client state file?
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Need version numbers for protocols/interfaces?
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What messages to show user? Project?
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Persistent files
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test
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design/implement test reporting, retrieval mechanisms
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(do this using WU/results with null application?)
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NET_XFER_SET
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review logic; prevent one stream for starving others
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Kill app if there is a memory leak
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Other user preferences:
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memory restrictions
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process priority/affinity
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show disk usage as two pie charts (one for overall, one for per project)
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