Bug 62546

Summary:	Sometimes KGet ignores the number of simultaneous downloads limit
Product:	[Applications] kget	Reporter:	Thibaut Cousin <kde>
Component:	general	Assignee:	KGet authors <kget>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	mmodem00
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Thibaut Cousin 2003-08-12 12:34:17 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.1.3)
Installed from:    SuSE RPMs
OS:          Linux

Let's say I'm downloading 10 files, 2 at a time (I configured KGet not to exceed 2 simultaneous downloads). I pause one of them. Immediatly, another download starts to take its place. Fine. Then I un-pause that first file. Even if I already am downloading 2 files, that one starts again and I end up having three simultaneous downloads, whereas I had configured KGet to restrict itself to 2.

That's a bug, because KGet doesn't respect its own configuration. But what I suggest as a solution is more of a wish.

I think the best solution would be to "give a ticket" (i.e. a number) to each file in the download queue. In my example, files #1 and #2 get downloaded first. Then I pause #1, so #3 starts. When I un-pause #1, it gets a new number, #11, so it will wait its turn like all the others.

You could restart the numbering to 1 each time the download queue is empty.

Thanks for your attention!

Comment 1 Mohd Asif Ali Rizwaan 2005-03-01 00:53:17 UTC

Exactly, I really dislike the resuming of all files, when I intend to have all my scheduled files to get queued and the top most to start download.

KGet must respect the 'File Download Limit' option. 

And adding 1 more option to be called 'Force Download' so that the limit can be ignored.

Comment 2 Justin Sheckler 2006-03-22 19:54:39 UTC

It happens to me all the time that KGet will download all files simultaneously, no matter what I set in the "Limits" preferences tab.  Limits don't ever seem to work at all for me.  I'm also using SuSE; v10 with unofficial 3.5.1 KDE.

Comment 3 Justin Sheckler 2006-05-30 21:46:25 UTC

Is KGet even being maintained anymore?

Comment 4 Urs Wolfer 2006-05-30 21:52:13 UTC

> Is KGet even being maintained anymore? 

It is!

We are developing KGet in http://websvn.kde.org/branches/work/make_kget_cool/

This problem should be fixed with the "new" KGet for KDE4.

Comment 5 Thiago Macieira 2006-06-04 11:42:02 UTC

I remember being specific about the names of branches. "make kget cool" doesn't convey any meaning...

Comment 6 Paul Malishev 2007-10-16 10:53:09 UTC

KGet really ignores limits and default queue when using konqueror integration.
And http://websvn.kde.org/branches/work/make_kget_cool/ doesn't work.
This bug is 4 years old... OMG...

Comment 7 Lukas Appelhans 2007-10-16 12:58:41 UTC

KGet moved back to KDENetwork a few time ago. 
http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/KDE/kdenetwork/kget/

Comment 8 Thibaut Cousin 2008-01-12 21:51:58 UTC

What is the status of this bug now that KDE4 is out? I can't test it because I hit bug #155157 so my Konqueror is unusable.

If this bugreport can be closed at last... :-)

Comment 9 Lukas Appelhans 2008-01-12 22:05:06 UTC

So, I tested and it works :)

Lukas

Comment 10 Urs Wolfer 2008-04-22 19:31:31 UTC

*** Bug 161132 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***