Yes, I agree with using an explicit flag rather than detecting connectivity. I may not have been too clear about it earlier.
On 12/23/06, Steve Loughran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Eric Crahen wrote: > The bigger problem to me is the delay it would introduce if I tried to > hit a website all the time. It would be noticable, and when I was > disconnected > I'd have to wait however long it takes the connection to time out, which > is not acceptable if I want to use an approach where I do builds very > often. which is why you have to provide a -Doffline flag to make it faster. Where things get complex is if a proxy is in the mix and the remote site is still unavailable. You have to rely on the proxy server returning an error of the right kind, not a 3 week old cached copy. As someone trying to test SOAP interop, this is the bane of my life. -steve
-- - Eric
