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Bug 756113 - Don't download updates when low on battery
Don't download updates when low on battery
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-software
Classification: Applications
Component: General
3.18.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: GNOME Software maintainer(s)
GNOME Software maintainer(s)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2015-10-06 09:42 UTC by Bastien Nocera
Modified: 2016-09-12 09:02 UTC
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Description Bastien Nocera 2015-10-06 09:42:47 UTC 
We already disable downloading updates when connected to a metered connection. It would be useful to disable when battery is low as well, as it would reduce the amount of power used by the Wi-Fi chip.
Comment 1 Kalev Lember 2015-10-06 09:49:15 UTC 
What's a good way to detect that? Ask upower?
Comment 2 Bastien Nocera 2015-10-06 11:05:29 UTC 
(In reply to Kalev Lember from comment #1)
> What's a good way to detect that? Ask upower?

I'd say you should check the WarningLevel value on the /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/DisplayDevice object path.

Anything strictly bigger than 1 (UPS discharging, Low or Critical) is probably when you don't want to download anything.
Comment 3 Richard Hughes 2016-09-12 09:02:54 UTC 
commit 596f39753499b1878aad90da308375473e154bea
Author: Richard Hughes <richard@hughsie.com>
Date:   Mon Sep 12 10:02:32 2016 +0100

    Don't download updates when low on power
    
    Resolves: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=756113