Re: Fwd: ITP: latencytop -- A tool for developers to visualize system latencies

[Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>]

> * Package name    : latencytop
>   Version         : 0.3
>   Upstream Author : Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
> * URL             : http://www.latencytop.org/
> * License         : GPL-2
>   Description     : A tool for developers to visualize system latencies
>
> LatencyTOP is a Linux tool for software developers (both kernel and
> userspace), aimed at identifying where system latency occurs, and what
> kind of operation/action is causing the latency to happen. By identifying
> this, developers can then change the code to avoid the worst latency
> hiccups.

I wonder if this tool should be packaged separately, or if it would be
more logical to just package it together with powertop. After all, they
are fairly similar in purpose and have the same upstream author.

Cheers,
FJP