On Mon, 14 Sep 1998, Jonathan Stone wrote:

> If you really want a default, I'd add 
> 	#define SODEFAULTCONN 10
> 
> in sys/socket.h with the appropriate namespace protection, and advise
> app-writers and pkg-importers appropriately.  
> 

That doesn't work because of history.  History says that SOMAXCONN is a
reasonable value for an "average" app to use.  If you make SOMAXCONN
INT_MAX, you break that.