I visited the BOINC website today and noticed that a new version of the client has been released.
The new version can be downloaded here ...
https://boinc.berkeley.edu/download.php (https://boinc.berkeley.edu/download.php)
The release notes are here ...
https://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Release_Notes (https://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Release_Notes)
The Berkely website STILL hasn't gotten up to speed with Linux versions. The repository has v7.16.15 now.