Max backoff for exponential backoffs #16
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Exponential backoffs are great for reducing load. However, problem with exponents is that they get large really fast - e.g. if your task fails 15 times you might end up waiting 9 hours instead 1 second between retries. After a certain point it doesn't really make sense anymore.
This PR adds a new optional
maxDelayargument to backoff policy - if provided and not infinite, it will only increase delays up to that given argument.EDIT: Not sure why tests fail, but a stack overflow does not happen locally. Given that travis has iterated in the past months, I'm assuming a bug there?