Public bug reported:
I have subscribed to a dozen or so radio/adio podcasts, so I set RB to check
and download new podcasts automatically, every hour.
The problem is that (probably partly due to my crappy ISP), RB regularly has
some of problem with some podcast or another, and that everytime, it pops up an
error window to tell me about it. Thing is, in praitce I get these windows very
often, sometimes if I leave the computer unattended or a few hours or half a
day, there are a dozen windows I must close one by one, when I come back !
Basically, all these error windows do more harm than good :
1) they interrupt my work randomly
2) I can't do anything about the problem anyway, and can only click the "ok"
button t make it go away
3) the problem is always temporary, and if I update manually, the problem has
already cured itself.
This is the way I would expect RB to behave:
- When set for automatic downloads : never require user input, no pop up
messages. If an error occurs, just try again 5 minutes later, most of the time
it will suffice. The error should on ly be notified by an "error" icon in nex
to the podcast (as is already the case), and cleared once the problem is gone.
Addictionnaly, if RB deems it worthwhile to inform the user of an error, it can
just use the notification area, using a bubble. This way the user can see the
information, but is not too disturbed by it.
- Pop messages should only be used when the user operates RB manually.
** Affects: eog (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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Podcast: automatic download should not require user intervention.
https://launchpad.net/bugs/73128
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