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Re: [RFC PATCH] Add WEBDAV timeout to http-fetch.

From
PIPanagiotis Issaris <takis.issaris@uhasselt.be>
Date
Oct 7, 2006, 19:35 UTC
Message-ID
<20061007193559.GA27920@poseidon.issaris.org>
In-Reply-To
<7viriwsa75.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
Hi,
On Sat, Oct 07, 2006 at 03:15:58AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> > This patch sets the CURL timeout to two minutes so that things proceed
> > sooner.  Even with this patch it takes two extra minutes of "dead time"
> > to complete all operations; obivously this still sucks.
> >
> > However, I don't know if the two minute timeout is long enough for
> > all cases with a server where WEBDAV is functioning properly.
> > Hopefully someone who knows more about Curl can comment and perhaps
> > offer another solution.
> >
> > Maybe the real solution is just to figure out and fix whatever is
> > going on with the WEBDAV server and forget this patch.
> 
> I think it is prudent to protect the client from a broken server
> and it is independent from "fixing" the server side.  It would
>[...]

Wouldn't most users ctrl-c the program before the two minute timeout occurs? Especially since their appears to be nothing happening?

With friendly regards,
Takis
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  1. Panagiotis IssarisOct 6, 2006
  2. Panagiotis IssarisOct 6, 2006
  3. SeanOct 6, 2006
  4. Add WEBDAV timeout to http-fetch.Sean, Oct 7, 2006
  5. Junio C HamanoOct 7, 2006
  6. Jakub NarebskiOct 7, 2006
  7. Johannes SchindelinOct 7, 2006
  8. Petr BaudisOct 7, 2006
  9. Petr BaudisOct 7, 2006
  10. Johannes SchindelinOct 7, 2006
  11. Junio C HamanoOct 8, 2006
  12. Johannes SchindelinOct 8, 2006
  13. SeanOct 8, 2006
  14. Junio C HamanoOct 8, 2006
  15. Panagiotis IssarisOct 11, 2006
  16. Johannes SchindelinOct 11, 2006
  17. Panagiotis IssarisOct 7, 2006
  18. Junio C HamanoOct 7, 2006
  19. Panagiotis IssarisOct 7, 2006

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