[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#13134) Block only for 2 seconds on connect to metaserver

["Jason Dorje Short" <jdorje@xxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=13134 >

Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa wrote:
> <URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=13134 >
> 
> This bug was discovered when the metaserver failed during the weekend.
> 
> Patch attached. Untested with a failed metaserver, but should work.

But you still haven't answered why it should block at all.  It obviously
shouldn't!  And cutting the connection short simply because it lags
doesn't seem like the answer.

-jason