* Leif Neland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [000117 16:16] wrote:
> I've been hit by a "forgotten ping" again.
>
> I still do not see a reason for not having a default number of pings, instead of
>infinite.
> The only reason I've seen is "It's always been so".
>
> Even if a default of 4 pings is not acceptable, because windows does it that way,
>why not a large default then?
>
> If somebody _really_ want to ping forever, let them use -t0, and defend the rest of
>us from our blunders of forgetting a ping, keeping the line open infinitely.
>
> How about a MAX_PING=3600 in make.conf or so?
>
> I've supplied patches earlier, but they've been rejected.
Please provide a reference to the PR you submitted and I'll have a look.
I don't think this modification will go in unless it's based on
the 'MAX_PING=3600' idea with a default for infinity.
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