>> The author hasn't replied, but the attached seems to have cured the
>> bitrot so that it at least applies. Let's see what the cfbot makes of
>> it and then possibly fix any Windows issues.
The patch was not applying cleanly anymore for me, so here is a rebase of
your latest version.
Morever, ISTM that Tom's "why?" question has been answered: there are very
large systems out there with many processors, which are tested against
many connections, exceeding select limit.
I have turned back this patch to ready.
--
Fabien.