On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 10:08:35PM -0000, Luca Invernizzi wrote:
> I'm interested in solving this one.
> Question: we have the need to run some code periodically in different places (this one, the cleanup feature, possibly the "alarm" thingie). Should we implement a single signal that "ticks" every half an hour or so or everything gets its own custom timer?
It does seem like a general need. Could be useful for metrics gathering
too. If this were provided as a core service for plugins to register for, it
could be quite handy.
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 10:08:35PM -0000, Luca Invernizzi wrote:
> I'm interested in solving this one.
> Question: we have the need to run some code periodically in different places (this one, the cleanup feature, possibly the "alarm" thingie). Should we implement a single signal that "ticks" every half an hour or so or everything gets its own custom timer?
It does seem like a general need. Could be useful for metrics gathering
too. If this were provided as a core service for plugins to register for, it
could be quite handy.