Quote Originally Posted by Slicker View Post
Fixing it for WCG has caused problems on other projects causing people using an app_info.xml to not be able to get work. Fix one issue, break two. That's the BOINC motto.

Not sure why WCG gets so bent, but I know that at one time, I ported a Linux app to Windows and used the alt-platform in the cc_config to manage to get work on a Linux only project with a Windows box. (Sure, it would have been easier to run vbox or vmware, but where's the fun in that?)
I'll have to test the box using the app_config on WCG to see what it does with POEM. Since the new config file goes into the project folder at WCG I wouldn't think an app_info file in another project folder would be a problem. We' ll see.
I agree I don't know why WCG needed to do this. How could running 1 type of file over another have any effect on their servers?