Keep http_request library independent from Feeds.

README.txt

@@ -208,6 +208,10 @@ Default:     50
              The number of nodes feed node processor creates or deletes in one
              page load.
 
+Name:        http_request_timeout
+Default:     15
+Description: Timeout in seconds to wait for an HTTP get request to finish.
+
 Glossary
 ========
 

libraries/http_request.inc

@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ function http_request_get($url, $username = NULL, $password = NULL, $accept_inva
       curl_setopt($download, CURLOPT_HEADER, TRUE);
       curl_setopt($download, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, TRUE);
       curl_setopt($download, CURLOPT_ENCODING, '');
-      curl_setopt($download, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, variable_get('feeds_worker_time', 15));
+      curl_setopt($download, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, variable_get('http_request_timeout', 15));
       if ($accept_invalid_cert) {
         curl_setopt($download, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
       }