Hello, 2026-01-16 01:49 CET, Forest: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: Forest <[email protected]> > X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected], [email protected] > > * Package name : joystickwake > Version : 0.5.1 > Upstream Contact: Forest <[email protected]> > * URL : https://codeberg.org/forestix/joystickwake > * License : MIT (Expat) > Programming Lang: Python > Description : joystick-aware screen waker > > Linux gamers often find themselves unexpectedly staring at a blank > screen, because their display server fails to recognize game controllers > as input devices, allowing the screen blanker to activate during > gameplay. This program works around the problem by suppressing screen > blankers while joystick activity is detected. > > Other attempts to address this problem include Caffeine, which only > works in X11 and only for full-screen games, and Feral Interactive's > GameMode, which comes with extra baggage and blocks screen savers even > when a game is left paused with no user input.
Nice! I believe this will be really helpful considering the wave of gamers considering moving to Linux distros for gaming, myself included. :) > I am the author of Joystickwake, and have been maintaining its Ubuntu > packages in a PPA for roughly a decade. However, since Debian is now my > primary distribution and I don't expect that to change any time soon, > packaging Joystickwake directly for Debian seems more sensible. > It would also relieve the disappointment that I recently noticed on social > media over Joystickwake's absence from Debian-based distros other than > Ubuntu. > > I do not plan to maintain it from within a team; I think I can handle it > on my own. I would encourage you to maintain it under the Python team in order to: 1. Feel less alone in this world, the Python team is nice people 2. Ease transitions like when Python versions are released 3. Get support for things like autopkgtests No obligation of course, my two cents, etc. :) See ya, Agathe.
