gecko download not robust?

[Dan Kegel]

Hmm.  gecko download hung for me once.  I saw
fixme:urlmon:ProtocolStream_Read Read failed: 800c0008
in the log, which makes me wonder if our download code
doesn't handle transient network errors well.

Time to get rid of the download, and just bundle gecko outright, I say...

[Jacek Caban]

Dan Kegel wrote:
> Hmm.  gecko download hung for me once.  I saw
> fixme:urlmon:ProtocolStream_Read Read failed: 800c0008
> in the log, which makes me wonder if our download code
> doesn't handle transient network errors well.

It looks like urlmon bug. Our Gecko downloader is also not really 
finished yet as its developing process stopped when it started to work. 
BTW, as a side effect, my current work on urlmon will allow us to 
improve the Gecko downloader a bit.
> Time to get rid of the download, and just bundle gecko outright, I say...

I'd agree, but we need Gecko packages. AFAIK only Gentoo supports it ATM.

Thanks,
    Jacek