[SleepyP]

I suspect what I am seeing is from my low-signal wireless connection crapping out during checkout.

I call
svn co https://svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/xbmc xbmc
from the Windows command line.

Here's output from my console:
...
...
A xbmc\trunk\XBMC\xbmc\lib\libfribidi\fribidi_config.h
svn: REPORT request failed on '/svnroot/xbmc/!svn/vcc/default'
svn: REPORT of '/svnroot/xbmc/!svn/vcc/default': Could not read response body: Secure connection truncated (https://svn.sourceforge.net)

it always fails in the same way at the same spot

[pike]

Believe it or not this is Sourceforge's fault (!)

They setup an alternate checkout server you could try, change checkout URL to: https://XBMC.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/xbmc/trunk/XBMC

ALSO, when a checkout fails, you can always do SVN Update to complete it

[SleepyP]

it eventually completed, I think it was my connection dropping every 7 minutes or so My access point had morning dew on it cuz it was foggy this morning LOL. Rock on!

[SleepyP]

Sisters Of Mercy? interesting choice, Pike

[jgawera]

I get this and i've got no wirelesss stuff at all.
I haven't tried the alternative URL yet, but i've found that if you just try and do the checkout again, it continues from where it left off.
It usually takes me 2-3 attempts to get the entire source from scratch.
Even if I just need to update the source I still call svn checkout ....
It'll just get the new files and doesn't take long.

[SleepyP]

the same problem has once again come up. I am using that alternate URL, and even had a friend in a different part of the world try it to ensure it's not my connection. Looks like SourceForge is just unreliable at times? I haven't successfully done a checkout or update ALL DAY and I have been trying off and on for about 6 hours now.

[jgawera]

It's a known issue @ sourceforge
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.ph...tid=200001

If you just repeatadly call svn co .... it should complete after a few attempts