scala/scala — pull request #2468 by martinmcnulty (2013-04-29 12:10:03+00:00)
Title: Actors - allow setting of timeout for opening remote Socket connections

This is a fix for the issue raised by Chris Marshall in SI-5734 which should alleviate problems where opening a Socket to a remote Node blocks (for up to a minute in our experience) not allowing other remote messages to be sent during this time. An optional timeout can be set through a system property that is passed to the Socket when it is connected.

Default behaviour is unchanged, since the property defaults to 0, which signifies "no timeout" to the java.net.Socket.