Superfluous sleep() in driver.c?

fetchmail-5.6.3, driver.c, lines 1689-1691:

        /* allow time for the port to be set up if we have a plugin */
        if (ctl->server.plugin)
            (void)sleep(1);

Can somebody comment on why is there? Deleting these two lines makes my
invocations of fetchmail noticeably faster. I can't think of a case where
not waiting one second would be bad for a plugin.

Cheers,

davez

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Dave Zarzycki
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