Asked plenty of times, but isn't going to happen due to permission problems and security vulnerabilities. Besides, think about the loads of different versions of Linux out there, where an app can work one day and not the next; you don't want that to auto-update. At least when you update the app yourself, you know it's updated.

BOINC will warn in the Messages and the Notices that a newer version of BOINC is available, when a newer version is released.

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I must have had a version of BOINC from before they implemented this.

Probably you didn't look ;-)

That is a message issued by the server and even my 5.8.16 client shows it (though not in red, as later versions do).

Gruß,
Gundolf

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Computer sind nicht alles im Leben. (Kleiner Scherz)

Why are you running an old version if you know there's a newer one?

5.8.16 was the last version to support win NT4. And no, I won't upgrade that laptop. ;-)

Gruß,
Gundolf

Almost every piece of software nowadays is updating itself (or telling you an update is available).

The newer versions with notices will show new version there.

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