travis timeout workaround

ci/travis_run.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import sys
+import time
+import threading
+import subprocess
+
+PingInterval = 15
+
+def PingCallback(stop):
+    wait_time = 0    
+    while True:                   
+        time.sleep(PingInterval)     
+        wait_time += PingInterval   
+        print(" + still running (" + str(wait_time) + "s) ...")
+        sys.stdout.flush()        
+        if stop(): 
+            break
+
+def run_command(command):
+    process = subprocess.Popen(command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+    while True:
+        output = process.stdout.readline()
+        if output == '' and process.poll() is not None:
+            break
+        if output:
+            print output.strip()
+    return process.returncode
+
+def main(argv):
+
+    stop_threads = False
+    t = threading.Thread(target = PingCallback, args =(lambda : stop_threads, ))
+    t.start()
+
+    exitcode = run_command(argv)
+    print(" + exitcode="+str(exitcode))
+
+    stop_threads = True
+    t.join()
+
+    sys.exit(exitcode)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+   main(sys.argv[1:])