As I've mentioned, I've upgraded both my machines to 5.2.x; the latest recommended version being 5.2.5, a small bugfix to 5.2.2.
Aside from a short time when CPDN's servers balked at end-of-phase uploads from 5.2.x boxes there have been no problems with the new version at all. (My CPDN model resumed after the server was fixed, without loss of work.)
All our BAUT projects support this version, and all have had WUs successfully upload and download since I installed it. (Well, my CPDN final uploads are many days away, but the phase upload is largely the same process; as I say, it's now working fine.)
Here is an excellent
post by Gary Roberts from the E@H forum describing why and how to upgrade.
As to why:
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Originally Posted by Gary Roberts
- There are many bugs that have been fixed. (Yes, undoubtedly some new ones added too!!).
- There are lots of new features to allow better control of projects.
- There are more and improved messages so you may better understand what is going on.
- Help for known & solved problems in older versions will quickly diminish in the future.
- Helpers will quickly lose interest in supporting outdated versions, even if it is a totally new bug you are now finding.
- Sooner or later 4.XX clients will no longer be "allowed" to connect anyway.
- Current problems will be resolved faster if more people are using and reporting on the current version.
- The upgrade process seems very simple and painless.
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His post includes detailed installation instructions in case it has been a long time since you last installed BOINC; but there is no need to uninstall first as he suggests.
Of course, this is entirely up to you, and since our team was formed we've not
yet seen a change in the minimum acceptable version, and 4.x ain't broke, so...
