Changes between Version 4 and Version 5 of AppIntro

Timestamp:

Jun 9, 2008, 2:06:50 PM (16 years ago)

Author:

Nicolas

Comment:

zero cpu time means zero credits

AppIntro

@@ -44 +44 @@
 There would be two problems:
 
- * When the program opens and reads its input files, it would get the contents of the XML link files - not what it expects.  Similarly, the output would be written to the wrong directory.
+ * When the program opens and reads its input files, it would get the contents of the XML link files - not what it expects. Similarly, the output would be written to the wrong directory.
  * When the program finishes, it wouldn't create a finish file, so the BOINC client would restart it repeatedly.
- * The BOINC client wouldn't know the application's CPU time; it would display zero, and volunteers would be confused.
+ * The BOINC client wouldn't know the application's CPU time; it would display zero, and volunteers would be confused. In addition, with the default configuration, users wouldn't get any credits if the CPU time is zero.
 
 The easiest way to solve these problems is to modify your program as follows: