Merge branch 'master' of ssh://taler.net/var/git/wallet

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diff --git a/extension/background/timerThread.js b/extension/background/timerThread.js
index a42b0edf6..7ac66a711 100644
--- a/extension/background/timerThread.js
+++ b/extension/background/timerThread.js
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+/**
+ * This file should be used as a WebWorker.
+ * Background pages in the WebExtensions model do
+ * not allow to schedule callbacks that should be called
+ * after a timeout.  We can emulate this with WebWorkers.
+ */
+
 onmessage = function(e) {
   self.setInterval(() => postMessage(true), e.data.interval);
 }