[Feature Request] Prompt to replace downloads with search results
 

I'd find it really useful if when I select some search items to be downloaded, and there is already an 'identical' file in the download queue for gtk-gnutella to prompt me for what to do rather than just dumping the search result on the floor.

Ideally there'd be some configuration options to control the behaviour, with 3 modes. 1) Always keep current queue entry (the current behaviour), 2) Always use fresh search entry, dumping any current queue entry, 3) Prompt for which to keep/drop.

Given that the network operates more efficiently if you use fresher searches this would help a great deal I think.

Then there's this idea to have a maximum time in download queue setting, as well as the retries one. Currently I have to juggle the maximum retries depending on how many max downloads I set and how many downloads are currently in progress (i.e. how quickly entries cycle through the download queue).


-Ath, wondering if any of the gtk-gnutella devs read this forum.

Hmmm, after some tedious experimenting I think maybe the warning messages that lead to my posting about the above are a little misleading.

I see, for instance:

** WARNING **: rejecting duplicate download for Farscape 122 - Family Ties HQ.avi

in the xterm I run gtk-gnutella in. I'd assumed this meant that it was rejecting the download purely on filename, so I could only be attempt to get any given filename from a single host at a time. Further investigation suggests that gtk-gnutella is actually saying it already has that filename set to download from the SAME host as the search found.

If this is correct I'd instead prefer one of:

1) Just don't list search results that are already in the download queue for filename+host matching (possibly use urn:SHA1 to check too?).

or

2) Make the debug/error message in the xterm more explicit about why the duplicate download is being rejected.

-Ath