Release Notes (DRAFT! - Do Not Install!)

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:

• None

Bugs Fixed

#41: differentiate between number of CPUs to use in idle and busy mode
#3241: Finish migration to python3
#3264: User web: list elements broken
#3297: RPC am_set_info.php does not return success correctly
#3358: User web: remove HTML anchor from page title
#3360: Client: make event log messages consistent
#3360: Client: make event log messages consistent
#3375: Revisit 'project requested delay' messages
#3384: python scripts don't work with python2
#3420: Change request for change of wording in the BOINC Manager GUI, currently: 'Account creation is disabled'
#3471: config.h depends on project_specific_defines.h which is never installed
#3501: Make blows up with missing curl/curl.h
#3953: Script_validator expects both an init_script and a compare_script, documentation conflicts with that statement.
#3976: make_project fails on MySQL 8.0 in alter table commands
#4019: index.php is not checking account creation from config.xml
#4029: Remote job submission bug
#4035: Manage privilege bug
#4039: Rewrite MySQL/python interface
#4045: [server] badges example scripts fail with "Database Error"
#4107: os_version_num() fails for modern Linux version strings .
#4151: Server: Bug: Runtime of MT tasks underestimated in sched_send
#4276: MySQL ID exhaustion
#4353: Suggestion for better "Top GPU Models" page
#4720: Python function _create_object_from_sql_result in db_base.py is called without arguments
#4733: Definition of stage_file function in C++
#4768: [WEB] Deprecated: Passing null parameter to function trim()
#4772: Error loading home.php
#4776: Even more PHP 8 deprecation warnings/errors

Please see the git comparison with v1.2.1 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/1.4/1.4.0 -b server_release/1.4.0

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

#3211: make_project: default to https:// in project URL
#3258: size_t matters
#3267: Web: fix bug in output of [list] BBcode
#3273: scheduler: Fix incorrect clamping of host' fraction_available
#3274: wu_check: Skip WUs without input files
#3284: Check return value of write function - avoiding leak of file descriptors
#3298: Remove duplicate success XML
#3300: server: Workaround for "finish file present too long" client bug
#3301: Localization Updates
#3305: scheduler: fix a compile warning. No functional change
#3311: Make user search title translatable
#3361: web: don't put HTML in title for team forums
#3365: Drupal: Adds drop-down functionality to flagging of forum posts, comments, user profiles.
#3370: Made an event message more clearer
#3371: Add sched_op debug flag tag to log messages
#3372: Drupal: Set consistent defaults in flag_abuse module
#3379: remote job submission: add an API function for setting RPC timeout
#3394: Drupal: Add ID to captcha element to theme it.
#3399: Drupal: Changed weight of Captcha to move it above submit buttons.
#3402: Scheduler (client and server): message tweaks
#3408: Drupal: Created new div id for Captcha for password reset.
#3422: Fix error messages in account creation RPC
#3449: scheduler: fix crashing bug in anonymous platform case.
#3451: Remote job submission: delete output template file on retire batch
#3455: Drupal: Add privacy description statement for preferences page
#3461: Web: fix ReCaptcha problem
#3468: web: if fail to connect to DB, say so rather than "project stopped".
#3493: Install project_specific_defines.h if configured (required by config.h)
#3539: db_purge: fix truncated mod_time data (field too small for timestamp)
#3551: Drupal: Updated tinyMCE to v3.5.12.
#3553: web: fix warning when user has no projects yet
#3573: Drupal: Add CKEditor module and library
#3584: Web: fix some PHP warnings
#3594: Parse config.xml correctly for account managers
#3603: transitioner: Fix race condition with file_upload_handler
#3608: Make the upgrade and make_project scripts work again.
#3640: Create aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu platform on project creation
#3647: Drupal: Fixed bug in comment goto code.
#3648: Drupal: Fixes missing HTML format.
#3671: Update translation files
#3672: Server programs: try to print error message if can't connect to DB
#3690: Server programs: any time we can't connect to DB, try to explain why
#3722: Update deprecated Python syntax and func references
#3762: Web: if define('DARK_MODE', true) in project.inc, support dark mode
#3777: Add subdirectory support to update_versions
#3894: Drupal: fixed regression in df966c7
#3926: web: don't show error messages on user page if no other projects yet
#3947: Add priority options to remote job submission
#3955: script_validator: make scripts optional.
#3978: Make DB work with MySQL 8.0
#3981: Web: make some strings translatable
#4022: Drupal: SA-CORE-2020-007 fix for ctools
#4026: Add a project-customizable hook to result pages
#4027: Check account creation in the project frontpage
#4030: remote job submission: specify all fields on batch creation.
#4038: Make file_upload_handler stop early when low disk space
#4043: Change python scripts to use python3.
#4046: manage_privileges, badge_assign.php: fix DB inserts
#4050: web: in "all projects" certificate, show message if no projects
#4052: web: minor tweaks
#4070: updated print to work with python 3
#4090: Don't call get_magic_quotes_gpc on newer versions of PHP
#4098: Fix bug in number of placeholders in repr formatting for front_Host
#4106: Add check for libcurl when building for server
#4108: Scheduler, XML plan class spec: parse Linux version correctly
#4112: Python: new constants
#4119: web: remove 30-day limit in forum search function
#4144: Drupal: ignore temporary field
#4152: Allow invitation codes for create-account RPCs only
#4155: Web RPC: add an RPC that lets "front-end" web sites show Download buttons that auto-attach to back-end BOINC projects or account managers.
#4246: Make lock files inheritable in Python >= 3.4
#4254: [Drupal] Allow for HTTP redirects
#4282: Make DB_BASE::insert_id() correctly return numbers exceeding 32bits
#4313: Web: add functions for fetching and displaying RSS feeds
#4354: GPU list: strip leading "AMD" or "NVIDIA" from model to avoid dups in list
#4426: [Drupal] Improvements to BOINC team module
#4438: Update localizations
#4474: Update translations
#4532: Use is None instead of == None
#4533: Remove semicolons in python code
#4549: web: for News forum, always put oldest post (the news) first
#4574: web: remove use of "group by" to avoid error w/ newer MySQL
#4593: Add a new mechanism to discourage spam: if you put
#4690: minor web changes
#4722: Remote job submission: clean up permissions checking
#4723: Fix bug in python DB code
#4740: [l10n] Update localization templates
#4753: Update localization
#4765: make_project: Removed dependency of long gone files causing "failed to copy" warnings
#4769: [web] fix deprecated passing null to parameter of type string.
#4770: Web: fix some PHP 8 deprecation warnings
#4774: Web: various changes to remove PHP 8.1 warnings and errors
#4777: web: a couple more PHP 8.1 fixes
#4778: web: a couple more PHP 8.1 fixes
#4794: PHP 8.1 fixes
#4799: Tweak Bolt and Bossa to make them work again
#4805: build fcgi_file_upload_handler w/o mysql libs
#4816: stage_file tool and library function implementation
#4820: Update translations
#4865: Fix missing '-lz' parameter when building 'stage_file_native' tool
#4871: Add not-in-use computing prefs
#4905: Fix build of server utils with gcc12.
#4961: server status page: 'last 100' -> 'recent'
#4992: scheduler: when sending a job, decrement work request time by the correct amount
#4995: web: show disk size in TB if needed
#4996: update_versions: add --noconfirm option
#5017: scheduler: add a debug printf for multi-thread issue
#5021: Fix broken confirm in process_version
#5030: web: fix recaptcha validation
#5031: update_versions: fix spurious PHP warning
#5032: Add Android ARM64 to default platform list (tools/project.xml)