Please offer re-downloading in case of checksum mismatches

[tomreyn]

When a client downloads data from a server it is connected to, but, once the download is complete, the checksum differs to that of the server, a prompt offering to re-download this file should be displayed on the client. Currently, users need to reconnect to a server to trigger re-downloading.

[will]

(How can the checksum fail?  Suggests software bug?)

[tomreyn]

If the checksum mismatches between server and client then it indicates that either the file transport broke or a bug in the software is getting in the way.

[Omega]

I get broken downloads all the time on my crap connection. With a 20 MB test file, it breaks nearly 1/4 of the time (thinking it's complete when it's not). Those instances would cause the checksum to fail.

[softcoder]

Usually the temp files are deleted on fail with the current code.

[will]

I meant it sound like poor error handling.  The lower layer that does the transfer knows if there is an io error.  It could also be taught to resume.

A dialog is a band-aid on the symptom, not the cause?