GNU bug report logs - #22576
25.0.90; url-queue does not have guaranteed progress

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Reported by: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2016 02:29:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Found in version 25.0.90

Fixed in version 26.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: 22576 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#22576: 25.0.90; url-queue does not have guaranteed progress
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2016 17:13:47 +1100

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> If a host doesn't respond, the callbacks from `url-retrieve' will never
> be called.  There should therefore be some sort if mechanism to abort
> things that take a long time to complete.  Either a timer of some sort,
> or a timeout in url-retrieve.  The latter would be preferable.

I've now done the former.  url-retrieve should definitely have a timeout
parameter, but that'll have to wait until the Grand URL.el Rewrite.

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