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

[Clint Byrum]

Hello Dave, or anyone else affected,

Accepted boinc into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be
available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/boinc/7.0.27+dfsg-
5ubuntu0.12.04.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package.  See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to
enable and use -proposed.  Your feedback will aid us getting this update
out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please change the bug tag from
verification-needed to verification-done.  If it does not, change the
tag to verification-failed.  In either case, details of your testing
will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification .  Thank you in
advance!

** Changed in: boinc (Ubuntu Precise)
       Status: Confirmed => Fix Committed

** Tags added: verification-needed

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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:
  Fix Committed

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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