> Has anyone looked at the changeset that I posted to Mantis?
> http://bugs.impara.de/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=0000479
> http://bugs.impara.de/file_download.php?file_id=171&type=bug
>
> I haven't heard anything about it.

I have - it seems to fix the background issues but now there are some other 
extremely strange things happening for me (which don't happen in 3.6).

> What I think should happen is that there should be a TestResource
> that can be used by those few tests that actually require the UI.
> This TestResource would ensure that the tests run in the foreground.
>
> Or perhaps the resource could be able to run individual tests in the
> foreground.

Or, perhaps, the resource would be able to run individual tests in the 
*background*. All tests can be run in the foreground and a *few* can be run 
in the background. Seems to me that therefore the default ought to be to run 
tests in the foreground unless otherwise specified.

Cheers,
  - Andreas