IdP 2.1.x hangs if the metadata provider drops connections

[Peter Schober]

* Peter Schober <peter.schober at univie.ac.at> [2011-11-11 16:44]:
> Roberto,
> 
> * Roberto Benedetti <r.benedetti at cineca.it> [2011-11-11 15:36]:
> > * would upgrading to a more recent IdP version solve the problem?
> 
> Metadata handling has been moved to its own thread so I'm pretty sure
> that changes your failure scenario sufficiently.

"to its own background thread",
-peter