[kopete-bugs] [Bug 183307] New: Kopete's auto-reconnect is unreliable

[Stephan Sokolow]

http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=183307

           Summary: Kopete's auto-reconnect is unreliable
           Product: kopete
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: unspecified
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kopete-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: kde_bugzilla.zen.ssokolow at spamgourmet.com


Version:           0.70.0 (using 4.2.00 (KDE 4.2.0), Gentoo)
Compiler:          x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc
OS:                Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.25-gentoo-r7-20080501

Ever since I switched to Kopete, I've found myself returning to my computer
(sometimes I was AFK, sometimes I was asleep) to find Kopete disconnected from
some or all of my IM networks.

Asking friends reveals that I sometimes have been disconnected for nearly as
long as I was away. (eg. 12 hours on nights when I slept for 15 after an
all-nighter)

It's definitely better than crashing all the time (the reason I switched from
Gaim back in pre-Pidgin days), but for my main means of communication with my
friends, it's still suboptimal.

I think your auto-reconnect just gives up too easily. Perhaps, instead of
giving up, it could use an exponential back-off algorithm the way TCP does,
topping out at something like once per hour?


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