Re: [whatwg/fetch] Add option to automatically abort response stream if the data stopped arriving for longer than a specified time (#180)

The lack of some way to set reasonable timeouts makes this API unusable for Cordova based mobile apps. Users expect their apps to respond in a reasonable time and we need to be able to control this. 

Yes you can use settimeout and then ignore the request but leaving a no longer useful connection open in the background that may waste data is not acceptable for a mobile app where connectivity is potentially flaky, especially if you want to limit the number of connections to your API. 

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