measuring software's embodied carbon; was: online meetup Wed. 20 Nov. 18h UTC | Green Coding Solutions: "Eco-CI" and "Powerletrics"

[Albert Astals Cid]

El divendres, 15 de novembre del 2024, a les 13:10:22 (Hora estàndard del 
Centre d’Europa), Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss va escriure:
> Anyone have opinions on this? Good idea? Bad idea?

I think it's a reasonable idea, but who is going to do the work?

Cheers,
  Albert

> 
> On 13.11.24 12:33 PM, Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss wrote:
> > Hi! I'd like to ask the KDE community to give feedback on a possible eco
> > initiative within KDE. The Open Source company Green Coding Solutions
> > has a new tool called Eco-CI to estimate the carbon footprint of the CI/
> > CD pipeline. Is there support for adopting this tool within the KDE
> > community (e.g., for Okular, as proposed)?
> > 
> > FYI if you are interested in talking with the developers directly, join
> > the KDE Eco online meetup next week (see below) where Arne and Didi will
> > be presenting.
> > 
> > As I see it, benefits of integrating Eco-CI into the development
> > 
> > pipeline include:
> >   - Maximal transparency about the embodied carbon of a software
> > 
> > releases in KDE.
> > 
> >   - Opportunities for data-driven improvement.
> >   - Quantifiable differences for any changes made to the development
> > 
> > process.
> > 
> >   - KDE will be a leader in providing data about the carbon footprint of
> > 
> > our software development.
> > 
> > Drawbacks could include:
> >   - KDE may be the only organization providing such data and it could
> > 
> > give negative impressions abut our environmental impact (to note: I
> > don't think this is necessarily a good argument, but I can see it being
> > one).
> > 
> >   - Discouraging use of the CI/CD pipeline could negatively impact
> > 
> > software quality.
> > 
> > Other benefits? Drawbacks? Do you support the idea?
> > 
> > More info can be found about Green Coding Solutions and the Eco-CI tool
> > at this MR in the Okular repository: https://invent.kde.org/graphics/
> > okular/-/merge_requests/1030
> > 
> > """
> > [Eco-CI] integrates into the GitLab CI/CD pipeline and estimates the
> > energy and CO2 consumption of the pipeline by utilizing a Machine
> > Learning model trained on real server energy data from SPECpower
> > 
> > The tool creates awareness of the energy cost and carbon emissions of
> > CI/CD pipelines and empowers developers to create action for more
> > sustainability.
> > """
> > 
> > If you want to discuss with the Eco-CI developers directly, join us next
> > Wednesday 20 November 19h CET (see below for details).
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Joseph
> > 
> > -------- Forwarded Message --------
> > Subject: online meetup Wed. 20 Nov. 18h UTC | Green Coding Solutions:
> > "Eco-CI" and "Powerletrics"
> > Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2024 12:40:14 +0100
> > From: Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss <joseph at kde.org>
> > To: kde-eco-discuss at kde.org
> > 
> > After a short three-month hiatus, the next KDE Eco online meetup will be
> > Wednesday *20 November* 18-19h UTC! I am excited to announce that Green
> > 
> > Coding Solutions will present two of their new measurement tools:
> >   - "Eco-CI" to measure energy consumption of CI/CD pipeline
> >   - "Powerletrics" Linux kernel extension for power usage estimations
> > 
> > Eco-CI has been suggested for integration into the Okular's CI/CD
> > pipeline. For discussion, see: https://invent.kde.org/graphics/okular/-/
> > merge_requests/1030
> > 
> > See below for more details.
> > 
> > Minutes from past meetups can be found here: https://invent.kde.org/
> > teams/eco/opt-green/-/tree/master/community-meetups
> > 
> > _Overview_
> > 
> > *When*: Wed. 20 November 18-19h UTC
> > 
> > *Where*: https://meet.kde.org/b/jos-l59-2i1-9yt
> > 
> > *Topic*: Green Coding Solutions tools "Eco-CI" (CI/CD pipeline) and
> > "Powerletrics" (Linux kernel extension)
> > 
> > *Pad*: Further ideas are collected at this pad, please add ideas of your
> > 
> > own:
> >         https://collaborate.kde.org/s/cactBt4frrfTjbW
> > 
> > *Details*:
> > 
> > Eco-CI [0] is an open source GitHub / GitLab Plugin that estimates the
> > energy and carbon emissions of a CI/CD workload. It hooks into the
> > pipeline and will print a summary directly in the logs or as a
> > downloadable artifact. Arne, one of the core developers, will present
> > the tool and show some numbers from repos, including their average
> > emissions, to get a feel for the importance of the topic. A discussion
> > of integrating Eco-CI into Okular's GitLab repository will follow the
> > presentation.
> > 
> > Powerletrics [1] is a kernel extension that brings per process power
> > usage estimations to Linux. It is modelled after the MacOS tool
> > powermetrics which developers can use to gain insights into their
> > environmental impact of their code. With modern ICT infrastructure using
> > more and more resources, it is important that there are easy tools for
> > monitoring and optimisation available so that we don’t waste precious
> > resources.
> > 
> > [0] https://github.com/green-coding-solutions/eco-ci-energy-estimation
> > [1] https://github.com/green-kernel/powerletrics