Temp. connection loss to SVN requires restart :-((

[mmo]

When EA at some point temporarily has no connection to a repository used, then it memorizes that fact and NEVER tries to reconnect again!

I.e. if I ran into that situation and later want to do anything with the repository (check-in/-out/update/commit) I always first have to restart EA! Why can't EA simply retry to connect, when the next operation is triggered?

EA exhibits this nasty behavior since several versions. When will we finally see that fixed?

It's trivial to reproduce:

• connect some package to a repository, e.g. SVN
• check-in that package (or any other repository operation).
• modify something
• now disconnect your system from the network
• trigger some repository function (update/commit/get latest/what-ever) -> this will of course fail as we are now disconnected (this is to be expected and OK).
• But now reconnect your machine and retry the above operation => EA will keep claiming, that it has no connection to the repository! You can retry multiple times - EA will not even try to reconnect again. There is no way to convince it otherwise! And this is definitely NOT to be expected but a bug!  >:(

The only way to get out of this situation is to shut down and restart EA and only then one can retry the repository-related operation. How hard can it be to fix that behavior?

[Eve]

Generally it handles a loss of an ODBC connection with some grace and is able to re-establish it.

I have a couple of machines around here that are left overnight. When I come back in there's usually an error message or two about a connection loss, but as soon as I click through them it works again.

I don't think that a JET connection to a network location is as robust. Is that your issue?

Of course version 11 with the cloud services deals with a connection loss even better than an ODBC connection.

[mmo]

Generally it handles a loss of an ODBC connection with some grace and is able to re-establish it....

Probably didn't make myself clear enough: I am not talking about ODBC connections here but connections to a version control repository like - in our case - SVN, i.e. when you share (parts of) your projects via a versioning system (right-click on  a package => package control...)

[mmo]

This bug is so maddening! When will this be fixed???

[mmo]

There are three main reasons for switching from one product to another one:

• lack of functionality
• lack of usability
• annoying bugs that are never fixed even though trivially reproducible

For me EA clearly already fulfills bullets 2 and 3, so the clock is ticking...

Regards,
Michael >:(