Re: Failed to start ion-statusd

> It's a huge 5 seconds by default -- longer than a
> program should wait.

> I'll probably go for the next simplest approach: wait
> just a few seconds, and if there's not enough response,
> don't wait, but don't fail either. It's a dirty hack,
> but much simpler than other possibilities.

The next simplest and ... WISE approach. "Huge 5 seconds"
are ZERO, provided the delay is constant. (I know about
what I am talking, I am using a P166 with 32MB and an ATI
card with 4MB--an acceptable, functional box still, no
kidding.)

Much worse and irritating are programs that start in 0
seconds once, in 10 seconds another time, and in 4 a third
time.

A program that regularly lets you wait 5 seconds, and
whose complexity is beyond writing just "hello," is okay.


Cheers,


/Roy Lanek (West Sumatra)

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