Not able to download Qt from the Qt website
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I am getting a download failed message after 80% of the file gets downloaded.The error message is given below:
C:\Documents and Settings\Shalini\My Documents\Downloads\qt-windows-opensource-5.0.0-msvc2010_32-x86-offline.exe could not be saved, because the source file could not be read.Try again later, or contact the server administrator.
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Maybe some network problem. Does this happen every time you download the package or just once?
As a workaround, you can get the source code (.zip package, or clone from gitorious) and Qt Creator separately from the downloads page.
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It's a networking problem that I encounter now and then too, when downloading stuff from this website.
I work around it using a download manager -- it can resume interrupted downloads.
(I personally use the DownThemAll! Firefox add-on, but other download managers should work too)
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I have once proposed (on development ML) adding BitTorrent files to Downloads section. This would solve that kind of problems for individual people, and also lower traffic on Qt Project servers. The proposal was rejected, though, on bogus grounds that people behind a firewall would not be able to use this.
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[quote author="sierdzio" date="1357556009"]I have once proposed (on development ML) adding BitTorrent files to Downloads section. This would solve that kind of problems for individual people, and also lower traffic on Qt Project servers. The proposal was rejected, though, on bogus grounds that people behind a firewall would not be able to use this.[/quote]That's not a very sound rebuttal :-/ I imagine there's plenty of non-firewall users out there! I'd support a BitTorrent path -- direct download connections break way too often for me after each new release.
There's a new Web mailing list now: http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/web It's still rather quiet, but perhaps these suggestions would be taken into consideration there? The plan is to move this website to Open Governance too.
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[quote author="JKSH" date="1357557395"]That's not a very sound rebuttal :-/[/quote]
True. There are lots and lots of students, people new to Qt, and FOSS/ indie developers, who are not restricted by any company's firewall. This is especially true since Qt has incorporated LGPL and the number of active developers increased significantly.
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There's a new Web mailing list now: http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/web It's still rather quiet, but perhaps these suggestions would be taken into consideration there? The plan is to move this website to Open Governance too.[/quote]yeah, I know, but so far I have not subscribed. Time to change this, I guess. I'll renew my request there, thanks for the nudge :-)
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Rejoice, the new proposal is now posted: "link":http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/web/2013-January/000021.html.
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[quote author="sierdzio" date="1357560011"]Rejoice, the new proposal is now posted: "link":http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/web/2013-January/000021.html.[/quote]Awesome! :)
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Didn't get any replies, though ;)
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And I got some cryptic reply on the mailing list. It seems that there will be some changes in how downloads are handled. "Link":http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/web/2013-January/000024.html.
