Services.properties value for metadata-providers in default file from install

[Cantor, Scott]

On 8/30/16, 2:49 PM, "users on behalf of Michael A Grady" <users-bounces at shibboleth.net on behalf of mgrady at unicon.net> wrote:

>    I've wondered for awhile, but never got around to asking before. Why does the "out of
> the box" version of the v3 (at least the v3.2.1 version) services.properties file have the
> default "0 duration time (PT0S)" for the metadata-providers.xml file 
>(shibboleth.MetadataResolverResources), while it has explicit settings of 15 minutes or 5
> minutes for almost all the other "likely to be changed" config files? Just an oversight,
> or is there some key reason why the team thought that a better out-of-the-box setting for
> that one file?

I asked that a while ago (may have asked only in private), and I don't think anybody had an answer. My guess is it was a mistake and I can't think of any reason I would have done it.

-- Scott