The default is for connections to last forever[1]. This leads to fds
leaking. I set the timeout so high by default so that watches don't have
to keep retrying but perhaps we should set it slower.
Tested on a cluster with lots of clients and it seems to have relieved
the problem.
[1] https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/golang-nuts/JFhGwh1q9xU/heh4J8pul3QJ
Original Commit: 084dcb5596d52a3a1386d59acced24286137e385
From: philips <brandon@ifup.org>