[Kget] [Bug 57248] make KGets handling of many downloads smarter

[Damir Perisa]

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------- Additional Comments From damir.perisa bluewin ch  2005-09-21 03:12 -------
some more thoughs about many downloads behaviour...

let's assume we are having a list of 15 downloads in kget:

- 3 iso (knoppix, archie, and another iso) - 3 x ~610MB - all from different servers

- 10 big pdf files from university - 10 x 40MB - server accepting only 1 connection/client

- 2 spontanous downloads of some source-tarballs from a project on the internet - 2 x 4MB

all this items are in kget in the order as described (isos first)

the behaviour atm is that kget will can be limited by total open connections only. this means either 1 connection running :-( or all connections running :-(  ... or you start/stop downloads by hand :-((

what can be done to make this behaviour more intelligent? 
- we need a max open connections per server limit (this we all agree, right?)

is this enough? probably yes ... but from another application i know another very usefull feature that may make kget more attractive. you know amarok? the new multimedia player for kde --- with one feature that is really cool: "queue track"

how this applies to kget?

you have a list of items. if an item is queued, it will be played/downloaded as next, no matter where it is in the list (imagine huge lists of 200 items!). this way you can have your limits set but if you want 5 files from the middle of the list to be downloaded immediately after the current one, you do not need to move them up in list (you cannot move more than one item at once atm anyway) or start them manually or cancel the downloads in between... no! simply do queue the 5 items you want to be downloaded after the current downloads.  --- and you can dequeue them if you don't need them any more that fast

i would really like to see such an interface in download list behaviour as it exists in amarok play list behaviour 

i will attach 3 screenshoots for people who do not know amarok (you really miss a lot if you use another player for kde, anyway ;-) )