* The 'retries' option was not used because the connect() could not return

* The 'retries' option was not used because the connect() could not return
  an error if the connection was refused before the the timeout. So the
  client was sent to the server anyway and then got its connection broken
  because of the write error. This is not a real problem with persistence,
  but it definitely is for new clients. This stupid bug must have been
  present for years !