pull req by EagleTM (retyped manually)

diff --git a/backends/irc/__init__.py b/backends/irc/__init__.py
index 46ec921..efdb6ad 100644 (file)
--- a/backends/irc/__init__.py
+++ b/backends/irc/__init__.py
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ class IrcThread(threading.Thread):
             try:
                 s = socket.socket()
                 s.connect(('irc.freenode.net', 6667))
+                s.settimeout(260)
             except:
+                s.close()
                 time.sleep(10)
                 continue