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

Panagiotis Issaris [off-list ref] writes:

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

I think we are talking about the same thing -- after you kill it
with C-c you would want to work it around.  The question is how?

You would want to re-run with timeout value of 0 second (or
WEBDAV disabled, if we can have such an option); if it works
then you would want the tool to remember that you want to use
that particular settings but probably only when talking to that
remote.