On Sep 28, 2009, at 11:24 AM, Lynn W. Taylor wrote: > I did not miss those points. I understood them completely. > > You're complaining that a file was downloaded once and was > unnecessary. > > I'm pointing out that the same mechanism can cause the same file to > be downloaded hundreds or thousands of times.
In the normal course it would only do so when work is issued and again at start up which is the reported problem. > So, I raised what I see as a far more important issue, and you tell > me my thinking is incomplete. Because it is. If we only download the exe when needed, when it is rejected/quarantined then the task fails download and there is no repeat cycle until and unless another task needing that file is issued. The system does not learn, sadly, and you can get into this cycle of download and reject until you turn off the sub-project so that the problem does not persist. But, the system works fine now for the case you suggest is an issue. It is a wasted download of both the exe and the task itself, but, your suggestion does nothing to solve this issue or make it so the BOINC Client and or the server will not repeat this bad behavior. > Your suggestion deals with unneeded files. Even if that is fixed, > there is still a potential problem with files that *are* needed. But only if and when a task is issued that needs that exe. And the download will fail and the task will be marked as failed download and we are done. > I'm sure if you'd given my comments a little more thought, rather > than just skimming them for some point you could criticize, you'd > have seen that. I did. by the way, you can only present technical comments and arguments and not accuse me of not reading ... or, at least, that is the standard you would impose on me ... see the fairness? _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
