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Re:Don't trust default timeouts by pixl97 on Saturday August 29, 2020 @03:04PM (#24318617)
Until it sits there and retires till hell freezes over and you don't realize anything is wrong.

And that's the problem with timeouts, everyone has different expectations.

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Re:Don't trust default timeouts by asdfasgasdgasdg on Saturday August 29, 2020 @05:47PM (#24319646)
It's hard to go wrong by telling people what's happening and why. "it's taking longer than usual to X" is a fine thing to expose in a UI.
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Re:Don't trust default timeouts by iainmerrick on Saturday August 29, 2020 @06:01PM (#24319731)
I should have stated my implicit assumption, that the program will tell me that it’s retrying. If I decide it’s not worthwhile I can stop it, sure.

For any user-initiated action, automatic retry seems strictly better than failing on a single timeout.

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