[IRCServices] PING before connect?

[Craig McLure]

Whilst testing a new module we are currently developing, we decided (to 
save time), to connect IRCServices across the internet, rather than locally.

We ran into the problem of services sending a PING to the remote server 
BEFORE it was connected, resulting in an ENOTCONN, and Services bailing.

Surely the correct behaviour for this, is that services shouldn't 
attempt to ping, untill at least the SERVER command has been sent on 
initial connect? Would avoid this issue.

Log:

[Apr 29 22:01:54.046189 2005] debug: Loaded modules
[Apr 29 22:01:54.049901 2005] Initiated connection to xx.xxx.xxx.xxx:7025
[Apr 29 22:01:54.052287 2005] sockets: flush_write_buffer(4): Socket is 
not connected
[Apr 29 22:01:54.053649 2005] debug: Sent: PING 
:services-dev.chatspike.net
[Apr 29 22:01:57.059300 2005] debug: Saving databases
[Apr 29 22:01:57.071440 2005] Read error from server: Socket is not 
connected

--
On an un-related note.. is the coding mailing list down? the last mail i 
sent to it never arrived :/

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