[Commotion-admin] [mlab-browser-ext] In add-ons preferences, provide setting for tests to be automatically run at a specified interval (#20)

[critzo]

On Sun 17 Aug 2014 06:25:46 PM EDT, hawkinswnaf wrote:
> Right now, it does not run at all in the background (ever). I think that
> we need to figure out how to run these tests w/o "freezing" the browser
> before we are able to implement periodicity.
>
> However, the question remains: Should the interval be specified per test
> or for the entire plugin? It would make a difference about where we put
> the preference.
>
> The preferences that go in the Add Ons pane cannot be dynamic! That's
> why the test preferences are not there. Since we expect that those
> preferences are going to vary based on plugins, they have to be handled
> differently.
>
> Does any of that make sense? Perhaps I am just blabbing :-)
>
> On 8/17/14, 8:24 AM, critzo wrote:
> > How often does it run in the background? Does it ever? Can I configure
> > it so that once an hour or so it runs in the background? Ideally, I
> > think, on install, there's some default for background operation (e.g.
> > once per day, etc), and that can be changed by the user through
> > 'Preferences'.
> >
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> > <https://github.com/opentechinstitute/mlab-browser-ext/issues/20>.
> >
>
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