opscode/chef — pull request #1659 by lamont-granquist (2014-07-17 05:24:05+00:00)
Title: remove threads from nonessential code pieces

This pulls the wait_for_status call completely out of any threaded
context. Since Timeout in ruby also uses a thread, pulled that out as
well and did a manual countdown style timeout. The only thing that
is left in threaded is the actual start/stop command, which is what
needs to be threaded.