Hi everyone, First of all thank you for creating this RFP Antoine! I might be biased when I say this, but I think auto-cpufreq definitely deserves and should be available in Debian repos. There's even a long standing auto-cpufreq issue (feature request) to create a Debian package for it: https://github.com/AdnanHodzic/auto-cpufreq/issues/157
Although I used to be Debian package maintainer myself in past, and since I naively thought auto-cpufreq future was set with having it available as part of a Snap Store/packages (which I even praised in my KubeCon talk: https://youtu.be/issubK49f6E?si=k6sXJCIFxUIYnbLh&t=378). After auto-cpufreq v2.0 release with introduction of GUI due to its confinement limitations, this feature won't be possible with Snap package and it could lead to its deprecation in future: https://github.com/AdnanHodzic/auto-cpufreq/#snap-store Either way, it would be great if someone had time to have auto-cpufreq packaged for Debian. I'm at your disposal if you have any questions in this process. Otherwise, if I have time in the future I might even pick this up myself :) Regards, Adnan On Sun, Oct 1, 2023 at 4:42 AM Antoine Beaupre <anar...@debian.org> wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > X-Debbugs-Cc: Adnan Hodzic <ad...@hodzic.org> > > * Package name : auto-cpufreq > Version : 2.0.0 > Upstream Contact: Adnan Hodzic <ad...@hodzic.org> > * URL : https://github.com/AdnanHodzic/auto-cpufreq > * License : LGPL-3 > Programming Lang: Python > Description : Automatic CPU speed & power optimizer > > Automatic CPU speed & power optimizer for, Linux based on active > monitoring of a laptop's battery state, CPU usage, CPU temperature and > system load. Ultimately allowing you to improve battery life without > making any compromises. > > Features: > > > * Monitoring > * Basic system information > * CPU frequency (system total & per core) > * CPU usage (system total & per core) > * CPU temperature (total average & per core) > * Battery state > * System load > * CPU frequency scaling, governor and turbo boost management based on > * Battery state > * CPU usage (total & per core) > * CPU temperature in combination with CPU utilization/load (prevent > overheating) > * System load > * Automatic CPU & power optimization (temporary and persistent) > > > ---- > > I found this package through this post on Debian Planet: > > https://foolcontrol.org/?p=4603 > > This is a tool similar to already existing tools in Debian, > specifically TLP. According to the auto-cpufreq author though: > > > Using tools like TLP can help in this situation with extending > > battery life (which is something I used to do for numerous years), > > but it also might come with its own set of problems, like losing > > turbo boost. > > > > With that said, I needed a simple tool which would automatically > > make "cpufreq" related changes, save battery like TLP, but let Linux > > kernel do most of the heavy lifting. That's how auto-cpufreq was > > born. > > > > Please note: auto-cpufreq aims to replace TLP in terms of > > functionality and after you install auto-cpufreq it's recommended to > > remove TLP. If both are used for same functionality, i.e: to set CPU > > frequencies it'll lead to unwanted results like overheating. Hence, > > only use both tools in tandem if you know what you're doing. > > So I'm not exactly clear on what the overlap between the two is, but I > do feel there's some room in this space for another option. TLP is > rather "heavy" in terms of the number of things it does, it's a rather > big pill to swallow, with all sorts of pitfalls... > > I like the idea of having a simple, one-task-focused tool. > > I do not currently have the cycles to evaluate this any further, but > would love to collaborate on further research when I have time. > > Otherwise, if anyone is interested in pursuing this any further, > please go right ahead (but keep this bug in CC!). >
