Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Carles Pina i Estany <car...@pina.cat>
X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-de...@lists.debian.org

* Package name    : qnetload
  Version         : 1.3.2
  Upstream Contact: Carles Pina i Estany <car...@pina.cat>
* URL             : https://github.com/cpina/qnetload
* License         : GPL-3.0
  Programming Lang: C++
  Description     : Display graphically network speed and usage

 Similar look and feel to xnetload with some extra features (keeping the
 retro UI).
 .
 Change the monitored interface, on startup it uses previous interface,
 and right click on the interface name to see the IP.
 .
 Show the current speed and total downloaded/uploaded from the start
 of qnetload to now. Click on graph to calculate the MB/hour projected.
 Click on the Started / Elapsed to rotate between them.

I used to use xnetload which is not part of Debian anymore (since before
2017 I think). xnetload is available in
https://github.com/rsmith-nl/xnetload but no updates, when I checked
(this might be fixed) had problems if an interface transmited more than
2^32 (4 GB).

qnetload is a more modern (Qt) but similar UI alternative.

I've found {x,q}netload very useful on situations such as:
- metered connections (e.g. mobile 4G+, etc.) to see that data is not
  being over-used. Also to get an estimate (with a click of the mouse)
  on how much data this video-call or radio station is going to use over
  one hour
- very flaky connections (e.g. on a ship, airplane, train, etc.)
- useful for debugging the connection (application got stuck or all the
  network stopped transmitting for some seconds?)

In 2017, when I started implementing qnetload, I could not find any
alternative to it.

I plan to maintain it myself.

I need a sponsor.

I have a working package that I will upload to
https://mentors.debian.net/ in about 2 or 3 days.

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