On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 10:24:36AM -0500, James Eshelman wrote:
> I have been extremely reluctant to modify this module and supply it with my
> app. It's so much better to have people be able to get it directly from
> CPAN, but I've finally reached the point where something has got to be done.
> Lacking a better plan I'm just going to modify it to restart the timeout
> with every byte received from the remote end, which should turn it into the
> inactivity timer I need. If the throughtput penalty can be kept small it
> will be a lot better than the current situation. My questions are:
>
> 1. Is there a better scheme?
> 2. Has this already been done by someone?
> 3. Advice on Telnet.pm internals?
> 4. Any other thoughts, comments, caveats?
I would suggest making the fix, supplying the module with your app, and
sending a patch to the author(s). If it is accepted, you can stop bundling
it and others will benefit too.
-Gyepi Sam
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