It looks like simply updating the form configuration is not good enough, you have to actually submit the import form before the new changes are persisted (in drupal 7 the lines where the magic happens are ~114 in feeds.pages.inc).
This seems to be a problematic interaction, as the following (confusing) cases can occur:
1. Set up a feed with no periodic import.
2. Do an initial import
3. Update the "frequency" setting to be every 1 hour.
4. (missing expectations): no periodic imports happen.
OR
1. Set up a feed to have an import every hour
2. Do an initial import.
3. Realize that every hour is hammering a server, reduce to every 24 hours.
4. (missing expectations): imports still happen every hour.
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thelee commentedComment #2
thelee commentedwhoops, i was conflating this with another issue, sorry.