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Administrative tasks
Client release management
Track dependent software
VirtualBox: Track VirtualBox releases, and decide which one we should recommend and include in the client installers. It needs to work with our Vbox wrapper. Occasionally Vbox changes the API and we need to change the wrapper accordingly. Make sure you get good cross-platform test coverage; use the Alpha testers for this. If a Vbox release fixes significant bugs, consider doing a new release of the client software.
OpenSSL, Zlib, curl, sqllite: track their new versions. Update as needed; for security (openssl, zlib) generally update immediately.
WxWidgets?: we currently use 3.0.1. Update with caution.
Testing client software
Operate and maintain the Alpha test system.
Maintain wrappers
Update the binary versions of wrapper and vboxwrapper as needed (e.g. when there's been a change to the wrapper or to the BOINC API).
Maintain Win binary libraries
Maintain the Repo of Windows libraries such as zlib, openssl, and curl]. Monitor these project to see when they do important releases.
Maintain virtual machines
Periodically (and when the server software is known to be stable) update the Server VM by installing and building the current BOINC code, and updating the system software (Apache, PHP, etc.).
It should never need updating, but keep an eye on the Compatibility VM for Linux builds. This is for building applications to run on old Linux systems.
Translation system
Administer the BOINC translation system.
Server software management
BOINC server
The BOINC web site (https://boinc.berkeley.edu) is currently hosted on isaac.ssl.berkeley.edu, which runs Scientific Linux. It runs a number of software systems:
- Trac
- Mediawiki
- MySQL
- Apache
- PHP
These may need to be upgraded periodically.
TODO: document our configuration for these systems.
TODO: a plan for migrating the server to a different machine or VM if isaac dies.
Miscellaneous
- Maintain list of approved projects and account managers
- Maintain the BOINC web site?
- Yearly: update the years in clientgui/DlgAbout.cpp, gl, and gl.py
