VBoxWrapper Release 26208

Fixes

• fix bug that caused VB version detection to fail via #5556 by @davidpanderson
• handling of outdated vboxmanage command options via #5587 by @computezrmle
• Report TIMEOUT from vbm_popen via #5585 by @computezrmle
• Add race mitigation lock to vboxwrapper via #5571 by @computezrmle
• Fix possible endless loop via #5598 by @computezrmle
• Fix 'File name too long' on Darwinvia #5608 by @computezrmle
• vboxwrapper: don't create projects/virtualbox via #5658 by @davidpanderson
• Set virtualbox vrde-property via #5823 by @computezrmle
• Revised heartbeat check via #5864 by @computezrmle
• Heartbeat checks deal with time leaps via #5866 by @computezrmle

Enhancements

• Replace deprecated VBoxManage command via #5542 by @computezrmle
• Avoid compiler warning in vboxwrapper.cpp via #5547 by @computezrmle
• Update is_extpack_installed via #5820 by @computezrmle
• Remove unused launch_vboxvm() via #5842 by @computezrmle

Client/Manager Release 8.0.4

Bugs fixed:

• #5667 boinc 8.0.3 (x64) Waiting for memory via #5669 by @davidpanderson
• #5676 Make the download link active (hyperlink) when checking the availability of new versions via #5687 by @AenBleidd

Full Changelog: client_release/8.0/8.0.3...client_release/8.0/8.0.4

Client/Manager Release 8.0.3

Bugs fixed:

• #5641: Client starts set of jobs too large for system memory via #5642 by @davidpanderson

Full Changelog: client_release/8.0/8.0.2...client_release/8.0/8.0.3

Client/Manager Release 8.0.2

What's changed:

• client: if GPU is missing, discard app versions and results that refer to it. via #5577
• [Windows] Fix client crash via #5591
• [CI] Add linux packages for Fedora 40 via #5600
• [CI] Build linux packages for Ubuntu 24.04 via #5603
• Fix screensaver on MacOS 14 via #5611
• [linux] fix install scripts to handle upgrade cases. via #5630
• Correct typo in hostinfo_win.cpp via #5631
• [linux][client] Fix check whether the client is configured to run as a daemon. via #5632
• [linux][Manager] Allow shutting down local client when run outside of BOINC Manager but not as a daemon via #5634
• [linux] add 'all_projects_list.xml' to the linux installation package via #5636

Thanks:

• @KenSharp

Full Changelog: client_release/8.0/8.0.1...client_release/8.0/8.0.2

Client/Manager Release 8.0.1

Change log:

• Fix permissions of the files installed by DEB package via #5562
• [CI] Add custom liblzma port via #5566

Full Changelog: client_release/8.0/8.0.0...client_release/8.0/8.0.1

Client/Manager Release 8.0.0

What's Changed

• Fix Mac crash bug introduced by commit e0ffbf1 by @CharlieFenton in #5322
• Scheduler: add <min_libc_version> option to plan_class_spec.xml by @davidpanderson in #5323
• [Android][ci] Separate Android client build from the Android Manager build to speed-up CI by @AenBleidd in #5326
• Update translations by @AenBleidd in #5327
• [Android] Show Battery Optimization settings when: by @AenBleidd in #5333
• Mac: Fix Automatic language detection by @CharlieFenton in #5337
• [Android] Revert back to target API 21 by @AenBleidd in #5338
• Update all_projects_list.xml by @github-actions in #5339
• [Android][CI] Split Android Manager builds to decrease total build time. by @AenBleidd in #5340
• server (all components that use DB): don't use MYSQL_OPT_RECONNECT if deprecated by @davidpanderson in #5342
• [Android] Increase Target SDK Version API to 28. by @AenBleidd in #5344
• [Android] Fix GPU detection by @AenBleidd in #5345
• Update all_projects_list.xml by @github-actions in #5346
• Update all_projects_list.xml by @github-actions in #5348
• Use 'enum' instead of int/#define for PREEMPT_TYPE and SCHEDULER_STATE. by @davidpanderson in #5363
• Update all_projects_list.xml by @github-actions in #5364
• client: add app testing feature by @davidpanderson in #5365
• Mac: Fix build break introduced by commit 8ea2aba by @CharlieFenton in #5370
• Mac: Use higher resolution menubar icon. by @CharlieFenton in #5371
• Update all_projects_list.xml by @github-actions in #5375
• Web: when delete a user, delete team_admin entries for that user. by @davidpanderson in #5377
• [CI] Fix failing linux and mingw vcpkg builds due to the change in the brotli library name (now without '-static' suffix) by @AenBleidd in #5381
• Correctly detect CPU cores when cpuset cgroup is used by @CallMeFoxie in #5373
• Update all_projects_list.xml by @github-actions in #5383
• Client: add sporadic app feature by @davidpanderson in #5385
• Update all_projects_list.xml by @github-actions in #5391
• Change doc URLs from trac wiki to github wiki in source code and project files by @davidpanderson in #5393
• Add Biometric authentication for GUI Authentication Key by @pAkalpa in #5390
• Update all_projects_list.xml by @github-actions in #5396
• complete #5123: client and server: increase p_features size from 1024 to 8192 by @bema-aei in #5397
• Improve text related to weak auth (account key) by @davidpanderson in #5400
• Update all_projects_list.xml by @github-actions in #5405
• wxWidgets 3.2 now depends on libxkbcommon by @AenBleidd in #5406
• make_project: fix bug in creation of schedulers.txt by @davidpanderson in #5408
• Make wrappers work with sporadic apps by @davidpanderson in #5410
• Mac screensaver: update for MacOS 14.0 Sonoma by @CharlieFenton in #5411
• web: forum rules tweak by @davidpanderson in #5413
• web: if bad data in GPU description field, don't show it. by @davidpanderson in #5415
• Update all_projects_list.xml by @github-actions in #5416
• Build linux packages nightly by @AenBleidd in #5418
• [CI] Run all actions nightly instead of weekly except coverity by @AenBleidd in #5419
• web: fix bug in team search by @davidpanderson in #5421
• Update all_projects_list.xml by @github-actions in #5422
• Update all_projects_list.xml by @github-actions in #5430
• Updates and bug fixes for project creation by @davidpanderson in #5432
• Update all_projects_list.xml by @github-actions in #5440
• web: fix PHP warning in login action. by @davidpanderson in #5442
• Eliminate some PHP warnings. by @davidpanderson in #5443
• Fix bad data in Diskwhen client disconnects by @FTang21 in #5439
• web: remove defunct stats sites by @davidpanderson in #5446
• Code reorganization and cleanup. No functional changes. by @davidpanderson in #5449
• Windows: add AVX512 support by @ahorek in #5448
• [CI] Build wrapper and vboxwrapper on CI for release by @AenBleidd in #5450
• Updated hostinfo_win.cpp - missing Windows SKUs (IoT Enterprise, Azure..) by @borg17 in #5455
• Fix CI by @AenBleidd in #5460
• fix PHP8 deprecations in admin web by @davidpanderson in #5459
• Update all_projects_list.xml by @github-actions in #5461
• [CI] Build linux packages for PRs and on master branch without publishing, publishing is available for schedules builds from master (nightly) and builds on client_release tag created by @AenBleidd in #5462
• Remove custom libsystemd vcpkg port that was updated on upstream by @AenBleidd in #5464
• vboxwrapper: add the ability to share project and slot directories by @davidpanderson in #5458
• Fix source code check by excluding ODP file extension by @AenBleidd in #5466
• Add linux packaging testing CI by @AenBleidd in #5465
• Add some files (in samples/) that are needed to run the example apps as VM apps. by @davidpanderson in #5469
• fix some spurious server warning messages by @davidpanderson in #5468
• web: fix some PHP8 warnings by @davidpanderson in #5470
• demo_submit, demo_query: allow > 1 input and output files by @davidpanderson in #5472
• Fix android build by @AenBleidd in #5471
• [CI] Optimize vcpkg openssl build fix by @AenBleidd in #5473
• [CI] Simplify build, remove custom openssl vcpkg port by @AenBleidd in #5474
• Fix some PHP8 warnings by @davidpanderson in #5475
• Update copyright year by @github-actions in #5477
• [CI] Remove custom vcpkg openssl port by @AenBleidd in #5478
• Change 'eMail' to 'email address' by @Delizald in #5479
• [CI][OSX] Upload build artifacts by @AenBleidd in #5481
• client: fix non-CPU-intensive logic by @davidpanderson in #5483
• client: handle changes to project master URLs by @davidpanderson in #5482
• client: when not requesting work for a resource, show correct message by @davidpanderson in #5484
• [GUI] When another instance of the BOINC Manager is already running - show the corresponding message to the user by @AenBleidd in #5485
• Wrapper (Unix): use SIGSTOP instead of SIGTSTP to suspend subprocesses by @davidpanderson in #5486
• web: add option to use Unix 'mail' command to send emails by @davidpanderson in #5487
• vbox app demo: fix some filenames. Shouldn't affect anything else. by @davidpanderson in #5488
• [worker] Add missed WORKER_RELEASE entry to the version.h.in file by @AenBleidd in #5489
• changes to support job-processing cookbook by @davidpanderson in #5490
• web: showing PHP errors on web pages is optional by @davidpanderson in #5493
• Web: sanitize user URLs to prevent XSS attacks by @davidpanderson in #5495
• [ci][linux][arm] update openssl to 3.2.0 and curl to 8.5.0 by @AenBleidd in #5496
• Mac: fix Apple Silicon GPU errors after MacOS update by @CharlieFenton in #5502
• Update all_projects_list.xml by @github-actions in #5503
• fix: make sure sleep completes before killing descendants by @piedar in #5504
• [CI] Fix ...

Client/Manager Release 7.24.1

Changelog:

• Fix Mac crash bug introduced by commit e0ffbf1 via #5322 by @CharlieFenton

Client/Manager Release 7.24.0

What's Changed

• Apparently ftok() is missing in the wasm C library. Fix this the right way. by @davidpanderson in #5229
• Add missing header file to the lib/CMakeLists.txt file by @AenBleidd in #5230
• [libboinc] fix build when integrator tries to link app with libboinc by @AenBleidd in #5232
• client: improve implementation of CPU throttling by @davidpanderson in #5233
• Update all_projects_list.xml by @github-actions in #5236
• Add action to create automatically PR if all_projects_list.xml file was updated on the server by @AenBleidd in #5235
• Mac: add script to notarize BOINC executables by @CharlieFenton in #5238
• Automake: use $(libexecdir) instead of $(libdir) by @CyberTailor in #5239
• Add cron job to create PR automatically every 1st of January with the updated copyright year by @AenBleidd in #5240
• Run flows with auto PRs from the mainstream repo only by @AenBleidd in #5241
• Fix screensaver crash bug introduced in PR #5197 commit 689a6ea by @CharlieFenton in #5244
• Mac: update backtrace for MacOS 13.4 by @CharlieFenton in #5245
• Run CI on tag push by @AenBleidd in #5248
• [Android] Update gradle and several dependencies by @AenBleidd in #5250
• File sandbox fixes by @davidpanderson in #5252
• client: the default value for the "suspend_if_no_recent_input" pref should to 0, not 60 by @davidpanderson in #5251
• Change wiki links from Trac to Github by @davidpanderson in #5253
• [Manager] Improve consistency of control labels and accelerators by @BrianNixon in #5202
• [Manager] Show native names for language options, and only those for which translations are available by @BrianNixon in #5176
• Update all_projects_list.xml by @github-actions in #5259
• web: job-submission tweaks by @davidpanderson in #5260
• client: if sched request fails, show the scheduler URL (that might be the problem) by @davidpanderson in #5261
• [Client] Add alert if idle time to resume computing is greater than idle time to suspend computing by @Vulpine05 in #5270
• client: ignore old prefs sent by projects or AM by @davidpanderson in #5258
• client: avoid overscheduling CPUs in presence of MT jobs by @davidpanderson in #5257
• Manager, computing prefs dialog: Fix bug where the "In use means..." value mysteriously showed up in the "suspend when non-BOINC..." field. by @davidpanderson in #5269
• Mac: Support Dark Mode in Advanced View by @CharlieFenton in #5267
• Mac: Use strtod_l() only in Manager. Use strtod() in client, etc. by @CharlieFenton in #5279
• web-based remote job submission: improve interface for getting output files by @davidpanderson in #5284
• web: show batch output file size correctly by @davidpanderson in #5283
• Web: add "download as PNG" button to certificates. by @davidpanderson in #5282
• DEB repository workflow by @parvit in #5264
• RPM workflow by @parvit in #5280
• web, job submission: show progress bar on batch page by @davidpanderson in #5286
• Update all_projects_list.xml by @github-actions in #5287
• Mac: Simplify builds by @CharlieFenton in #5285
• [CI][linux] Create separate flow to build proper linux binaries for packaging by @AenBleidd in #5288
• Mac: Add standard command-comma shortcut for Preferences menu item by @CharlieFenton in #5293
• Update required wxWidgets to 3.1.3 (first with wxSystemAppearance) by @Russ741 in #5292
• Make delimiters argument const so it can (legally) be a string literal. by @Russ741 in #5294
• client: set Content-type of POST requests to text/xml. by @davidpanderson in #5299
• Update all_projects_list.xml by @github-actions in #5300
• [CI][linux] Build DEB package flow by @AenBleidd in #5291
• Correction for issue #5297 by @LLyaudet in #5302
• Update all_projects_list.xml by @github-actions in #5307
• web: add "Share on Facebook" and "Share on Twitter" buttons to certificates by @davidpanderson in #5308
• crypt_prog: add -verify_string command (to verify a string signature) by @davidpanderson in #5309
• client, Android: if suspend because of battery heat or charge, don't resume for at least 5 minutes. by @davidpanderson in #5311
• [mingw] Fix build of the cmake project by @AenBleidd in #5312
• [Manager] Add button in event log to display only alerts (errors) by @Vulpine05 in #5313
• Locale: Update localization template files by @AenBleidd in #5314
• [CI] Fix paths for renamed vcpkg triplet files by @AenBleidd in #5316
• Update translations by @AenBleidd in #5320

New Contributors

• @github-actions made their first contribution in #5236
• @parvit made their first contribution in #5264
• @Russ741 made their first contribution in #5292
• @LLyaudet made their first contribution in #5302

Full Changelog: client_release/7.22/7.22.2...client_release/7.24/7.24.0

Client/Manager Release 7.22.2

Release Notes:

• Apparently ftok() is missing in the wasm C library. Fix this the right way. via #5229 by @davidpanderson
• Add missing header file to the lib/CMakeLists.txt file via #5230 by @AenBleidd
• [libboinc] fix build when integrator tries to link app with libboinc via #5232 by @AenBleidd
• Mac: add script to notarize BOINC executables via #5238 by @CharlieFenton
• Automake: use $(libexecdir) instead of $(libdir) via #5239 by @CyberTailor
• Fix screensaver crash bug introduced in PR #5197 commit 689a6ea via #5244 by @CharlieFenton
• Mac: update backtrace for MacOS 13.4 via #5245 by @CharlieFenton

Client/Manager Release 7.22.1

Release Notes

General

• client: don't print a (confusing) warning if we're using an https:// URL by @davidpanderson in #5074
• client: enable CPU throttling by @davidpanderson in #5073
• Manager: don't clear in-use prefs when disable in-use computing by @davidpanderson in #5076
• client: don't send "web prefs" in scheduler requests. by @davidpanderson in #5082
• Account for systems where library directory is named lib64 by @CyberTailor in #5085
• client: show file size in event log message when file transfer finishes by @davidpanderson in #5111
• client and server: increase p_features size from 1024 to 8192. by @davidpanderson in #5123
• boinc_cmd: add --get_task_summary command. by @davidpanderson in #5135
• client, Win: add a cc_config.xml option <no_rdp_check>. by @davidpanderson in #5144
• Manager: enhance computing prefs dialog by @davidpanderson in #5146
• API: print Y/M/D as well as time in log messages by @davidpanderson in #5161
• client, Win: fix typo in writing cc_config.xml "no_rdp_check" entry by @davidpanderson in #5169
• client: improve file checking on task start by @davidpanderson in #5167
• client: print log message (conditioned on log_flags.task) when an exclusive app or exclusive GPU app starts or stops. by @davidpanderson in #5172
• client: when using a dynamic AM and checking for idle devices, include CPU by @davidpanderson in #5175
• [Manager] Sort requests to suspend/resume/abort multiple tasks by @BrianNixon in #5178
• client: write GPU detection warnings to stderr by @davidpanderson in #5188
• [Manager] Avoid crash if account manager list is empty by @BrianNixon in #5189
• [Client] Correct limit check in throttler thread by @BrianNixon in #5186
• client: don't hang if detection processes hang by @davidpanderson in #5190
• client: don't change user CPID if detach from oldest project by @davidpanderson in #5179
• Add more error messages for directory locking by @bythos14 in #5212
• Manager: fix bug where "estimated completion" and "completion before deadline" task fields switch back and forth to --- during CPU throttling. by @davidpanderson in #5221

Android

• [Android] Remove hard coded Android manifest string by @talregev in #5157

Linux

• [linux] zlib is required when building client, server or apps by @AenBleidd in #5071
• [linux] Move all fcgi dependent stdio functions to the separate 'boinc_stdio.h' header only file by @AenBleidd in #5096
• Manager (Unix): fix "Show VM" bug by @davidpanderson in #5218

MacOS

• Mac: make uninstaller work even if user deleted BOINC Data directory by @CharlieFenton in #5115
• Mac Installer & Uninstaller: Fix display of name of helper apps by @CharlieFenton in #5125
• Mac: upgrade tp wxWidgets 3.1.6 by @CharlieFenton in #5182
• Work around uselocale() apparently broken in MacOS 13.3.1 by @CharlieFenton in #5207
• Safer work around uselocale() apparently broken in MacOS 13.3.1 by @CharlieFenton in #5211
• Mac: Fix automatic launch on login under MacOS 13.3.1 by @CharlieFenton in #5213
• Mac: Launch Manager hidden when autostarted on user login by @CharlieFenton in #5216
• Add CFBundleShortVersionString to macOS app plist files by @scribblemaniac in #5209
• Mac: upgrade to wxWidgets 3.2.2.1 by @CharlieFenton in #5227

Windows

• fix potential bug in building process tree on Win by @davidpanderson in #5153
• [Windows Installer] Prevent handle leaks by @BrianNixon in #5170
• Client, Win: include kernel time in non-BOINC CPU usage by @davidpanderson in #5173
• [Manager][Windows] Prevent close request on minimized window exiting the app by @BrianNixon in #5174
• [Lib] Improve Windows diagnostics by @BrianNixon in #5191
• [Lib][Windows] Correct flags for FormatMessage() by @BrianNixon in #5201

Miscelaneous

• [CI] Fix Coverity builds by @AenBleidd in #5078
• [CI][Android] Fix build on ubuntu-latest by @AenBleidd in #5088
• [CI][MinGW] Fix build on ubuntu-latest by @AenBleidd in #5089
• [Linux][Manager][vcpkg] Fix Linux vcpkg manager compilation by @talregev in #5098
• [Linux][Manager][vcpkg] Compile Linux vcpkg manager in manifest mode. by @talregev in #5099
• [vcpkg] Remove versions from manifests files by @talregev in #5100
• [CI] Build example applications, wrapper and vboxwrapper for OSX. by @AenBleidd in #5056
• [Linux] Add snap build by @talregev in #5107
• [ci] Fix deploy logs by @talregev in #5113
• [Readme] Add snap and test report status by @talregev in #5114
• [Readme] Delete test report badge by @talregev in #5117
• [OSX][CI] Refactor CI to decrease cache build time and avoid unnecessary cache invalidation by @AenBleidd in #5136
• Mac CI: Simplify and generalize logic in the Mac CI build script by @CharlieFenton in #5142
• Update copyright year by @mcagriaksoy in #5140
• [ci] Fix: vcpkg will clone from $VCPKG_LINK by @talregev in #5127
• Web: remove XSS vulnerability. by @davidpanderson in #5149
• Update Transifex config to the latest version by @AenBleidd in #5150
• [CI][Android] Deprecated android native in ci by @talregev in #5156
• [CI][Windows] Add vcpkg link also for windows by @talregev in #5158
• web: fix problems with download page on project sites by @davidpanderson in #5160
• [Windows] Fix build error after wxWidgets update by @AenBleidd in #5162
• Fix some compile warnings on Win (VS 2022). by @davidpanderson in #5163
• [Wrapper] Add logging of child process PID, plus minor fixes for Windows by @BrianNixon in #5171
• [Bugfix][cmake] Change to DVCPKG_INSTALLED_DIR in cmake builds by @talregev in #5181
• Mac CI: Verify cached library versions match those in Xcode project by @CharlieFenton in #5196
• clean up screensaver code by @davidpanderson in #5197
• remove Bossa and Bolt files. by @davidpanderson in #5199
• remove more bolt and bossa files by @davidpanderson in #5200
• [Linux][vcpkg] Detect vcpkg freeglut for linux by @talregev in #5198
• web: when update venue, call it a "computer" rather than a "host". by @davidpanderson in #5206
• [CI] Simplify vcpkg custom triplets by @AenBleidd in #5208
• Remove trailing whitespaces. Add CI script to verify in on every commit by @AenBleidd in #5225
• Update translations by @AenBleidd in #5228

New Contributors

• @mcagriaksoy made their first contribution in #5140
• @BrianNixon made their first contribution in #5170
• @bythos14 made their first contribution in #5212
• @scribblemaniac made their first contribution in #5209

Full Changelog: client_release/7.22/7.22.0...client_release/7.22/7.22.1