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Message 1221538 - Posted: 22 Apr 2012, 1:55:07 UTC

i noticed in my messages one saying that theres a new version of boinc,should we update to it ? does it just install over the previous version? thanx guys
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Message 1221542 - Posted: 22 Apr 2012, 2:28:04 UTC - in response to Message 1221538.  

Personally, unless you need it for another project, there's no good reason to update for this project. And, as I understand it, if you update to a 7.x client, you can't conveniently go backwards.
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Message 1221552 - Posted: 22 Apr 2012, 3:04:12 UTC

It installs over the top of the current version with no data loss.


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Message 1222071 - Posted: 23 Apr 2012, 6:12:57 UTC

ok thanks guys,might as well install it then. cheers
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