sfStart() timeout

Hello there!

I am trying to write a smartfrog component which's start can take ralativelly 
long time (even minutes). The problem is following. Should I run component 
startup in a new thread and exit sfStart() immidiatelly or should I block 
sfStart() until component starts up?

According to docs, when a compoent leave sfStart(), SF assumes that component 
is running and ready. But If I block sfStart() until component is ready, I 
receive liveness check errors.

If I do not block sfStart(), dependant components will fail to start, because 
component is not ready yet.

Did I missed something? Is there another solution than increasing liveness 
checking period?

Thanks,

- Dominik

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