I believe that WUs are created without any specific designation as to platform. In fact I'm pretty sure I've seen WUs where 1st person was Windows and second was Linux or Mac. So it is just a matter of who the task gets assigned to.

How many test WUs are generated?

As with everything else having to do with computers, the answer is: It Depends.

The number of WU's we get depends on what's being tested.

If the developers are busy coding, we might not get any for a while. If they're testing a new feature, we'll get enough to test, then it will die off again. Then we'll get a few more, then nothing for a while.

However, if they're stress testing before a release, or trying to figure out a particular bug, then there are plenty to go around.

This project is for patient people who prefer quality over quantity. They need to be willing to go to the web site and examine the Results they return, and post any problems on the approriate thread.

Not hard, but not the standard "crunch crunch crunch" scenario either.

==Mike

All recent WU's are being granted exactly what they claim. Fixed credits not working.

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Hi: Thanks, I figured out the problem with this WU!

Result ID 566072
Name 1csl__BOINC_EXCLUDENB_PERMITZERO_RNA_ABINITIO-1csl_-_2156_10_1
Workunit 500961
Created 25 Jun 2007 4:05:10 UTC
Sent 25 Jun 2007 4:47:22 UTC
Received 25 Jun 2007 8:41:02 UTC
Server state Over
Outcome Client error
Client state Compute error
Exit status 1 (0x1)
Computer ID 7180
Report deadline 29 Jun 2007 4:47:22 UTC
CPU time 0
stderr out

<core_client_version>5.10.2</core_client_version>
<![CDATA[
<message>
process exited with code 1 (0x1, -255)
</message>
<stderr_txt>
Graphics are disabled due to configuration...
# cpu_run_time_pref: 7200
ERROR:: Exit from: pose.cc line: 769

</stderr_txt>
]]>

Validate state Invalid
Claimed credit 0
Granted credit 0
application version 5.69