Comment 47 for bug 194719
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(In reply to comment #11)
> I think you should consider to make the poll interval configurable or put some
> heuristics, e.g., poll every 2 minutes when battery is above 50%, poll every 1
> minute when battery is above 10% and poll every 10 seconds otherwise.
No, we don't make the interval configurable and we also don't change the interval depending on the situation. We use 30 sec. as we did already since ages. This interval was never a problem. To poll more often cause battery power, since there are machines where this need CPU power. Polling less often only lead to less interactivity for the user and possibly more unreliable remaining percentage and specially remaining time.
I/we work since several years on powermanagement under linux and the 30 sec. interval is IMO the best compromise.