[Bug 1009536] Re: Ubuntu 12.04/7.0.24/ Seti at home

[Thomas Ward]

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On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 12:34 PM, Dave <xclusive585 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Can I ask what "fix released" means?
>
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> Title:
>   Ubuntu 12.04/7.0.24/ Seti at home
>
> Status in “boinc” package in Ubuntu:
>   Fix Released
> Status in “boinc” source package in Precise:
>   Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
>   We already had a bug opened for this issue. But it was marked as "fix
>   released" (I don't know why as no change ever happened to the
>   repository package)
>
>   The Boinc package (7.0.24....precise1) in the 12.04 Ubuntu repository
>   doesn't work for seti at home, it just produces "computation errors".
>
>   The package needs to be changed, perhaps to Debians SID 7.0.27, or
>   backported from Quantal if that package has been confirmed to be in
>   good working order.
>
>   Currently, 12.04/seti at home and lhc at home users are still unable to run
>   Boinc without using the PPA alternatives.
>
>   -Dave
>
>   [Edited for clarity]
>
>
>   Please SRU
>
>   [Impact]
>   This bug affects all users of Precise attempting to run Boinc 7.0.24 for
> the Seti at home project.
>
>   [Test case]
>   Bug can be reproduced by installing Boinc 7.0.24 in Ubuntu 12.04 and
> connecting to the seti at home project.
>   Downloaded work-units will instantly error upon attempting to run. In
> other words the Boinc package currently in the precise repository is
> unusable for Seti at home, and a couple others.
>
>   [Regression Potential]
>   Quantal has had it's version of boinc changed to 7.0.27 from Debian SID.
> As far as I'm aware it fixes this bug.
>   7.0.27 has many upstream fixes for several issues, I think that the
> change may bring a few new bugs, but should fix far more issues than it
> causes, again the current package is unusable for one of the largest
> projects running on Boinc.
>
>   https://launchpad.net/~blueyed Daniel Hahler has agreed to sponsor the
>   upload for SRU
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