slightly improved messages

[electrum-server.git] / backends / irc / __init__.py

diff --git a/backends/irc/__init__.py b/backends/irc/__init__.py
index 5e0bc8c..e70746c 100644 (file)
--- a/backends/irc/__init__.py
+++ b/backends/irc/__init__.py
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ class IrcThread(threading.Thread):
             try:
                 s = socket.socket()
                 s.connect(('irc.freenode.net', 6667))
+            except:
+                time.sleep(10)
+                continue
+
+            try:
                 s.send('USER electrum 0 * :' + self.host + ' ' + ircname + '\n')
                 s.send('NICK ' + self.nick + '\n')
                 s.send('JOIN #electrum\n')
@@ -144,7 +149,7 @@ class ServerProcessor(Processor):
 
         elif method == 'server.stop':
             self.shared.stop()
-            result = 'ok'
+            result = 'stopping, please wait until all threads terminate.'
 
         elif method == 'server.info':
             result = map(lambda s: { "time":s.time,