[Kget] [Bug 114543] New: kget should complete a download by (retry connect) reconnect after every few mintues

[Mohd Asif Ali Rizwaan]

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           Summary: kget should complete a download by (retry connect)
                    reconnect after every few mintues
           Product: kget
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: unspecified
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kget kde org
        ReportedBy: maarizwan rediffmail com


Version:           v0.8.5 (using KDE 3.4.92 (beta2, >= 20051010), compiled sources)
Compiler:          gcc version 3.3.4
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.11.7

Why would we use a Download Manager? 
When the download is important and we want it safely and timely available. ex. KDE sources, openoffice, documents etc.

But kget when gets "connection error" (cannot connect to host) on a (an un-reliable) server, simply annoys by showing "Can't download from ..." popup-dialog.

over nfs (busy network) kget fail to save the file. so a retry would be a very good thing.

How to reproduce:
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1. download a big file say 100mb (openoffice or kdelibs so that we could get enough time to complete the next steps)

2. when the download starts wait for few seconds

3. disconnect the internet connection (ifconfig eth0 down or ifconfig ppp0 down or ifconfig wlan0 down or simply remove the cable)

4. Now Kget will prompt  that it can't download. 

5. And that's it, KGet will never try to download the file again :( which is very important to us.

6. Restore the internet connection.

7. Now we have to manually "Start" the download process for our important file.

Expected Behavior:
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1. KGet should not use Popups (those are annoying, everybody hates it)
2. KGet should support "Retry delay" or "Retry connecting in <time>" say 1-5 minutes (configurable), so that a temporary disconnection does not stop our valuable file from getting downloaded.