Code review comment for lp:~marcustomlinson/unity-scopes-api/strict_idle_timeout

> I don't know of a particular case where a scope is doing this, but that's part
> of the concern I suppose. Feels like a bit of a security risk allowing scopes
> to essentially act like daemons this way.

Back then, we knew little about how scopes would be used and what they might be doing. I suspect that's why it ended up being so liberal.

> If you look at the diff we allowed ((>=0 && <= max) || -1)

Ah, yes. I didn't read it closely enough. Anyway, I think it's fine a limit it to five minutes. If that breaks some scope, we'll find out soon enough.