[pkg-boinc-devel] Bug#360143: boinc-manager: Connecting to other host troublesome

[Zlatko Calusic]

Package: boinc-manager
Version: 5.2.15-2
Severity: normal

It is really a trouble trying to connect to a host with a running
boinc other than localhost. Boinc manager tries to connect to
localhost immediately after staring, which is ok by itself. But when
you go to File -> Select computer menu, type the name of the host and
press OK nothing happens! Only after boinc manager decides to timeout
(which is after a minute or more!) are you allowed to choose another
host which is a real PITA. Don't need to mention that it happens every
time. OK, I'll admit it looks like an upstream bug, but I still have a
lot of hope in fine Debian developers. :)

What would be nice is to make boinc manager remember the last host
chosen and automatically use that info next time you start it. That's
how other 99.9% applications work.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=hr_HR (charmap=ISO-8859-2)

Versions of packages boinc-manager depends on:
ii  libc6         2.3.6-4                    GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libcomerr2    1.38+1.39-WIP-2005.12.31-1 common error description library
ii  libcurl3      7.15.3-1                   Multi-protocol file transfer libra
ii  libgcc1       1:4.0.3-1                  GCC support library
ii  libidn11      0.5.18-2                   GNU libidn library, implementation
ii  libkrb53      1.4.3-6                    MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
ii  libssl0.9.8   0.9.8a-8                   SSL shared libraries
ii  libstdc++6    4.0.3-1                    The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libwxgtk2.6-0 2.6.1.2                    wxWidgets Cross-platform C++ GUI t
ii  zlib1g        1:1.2.3-11                 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages boinc-manager recommends:
pn  boinc-client                  <none>     (no description available)

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