https://bitbucket.org/which_linden/eventlet/issue/89/add-a-timeout-argument-to-subprocesspopen diff -r 6e6a02e7ac7c eventlet/green/subprocess.py --- a/eventlet/green/subprocess.py Tue Apr 19 09:51:35 2011 -0700 +++ b/eventlet/green/subprocess.py Thu May 26 09:56:14 2011 +1000 @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ setattr(self, attr, wrapped_pipe) __init__.__doc__ = subprocess_orig.Popen.__init__.__doc__ - def wait(self, check_interval=0.01): + def wait(self, check_interval=0.01, timeout=None): # Instead of a blocking OS call, this version of wait() uses logic # borrowed from the eventlet 0.2 processes.Process.wait() method. try: