Bastian Venthur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I suggest that we prepare a wikipage on wiki.debian.org with a > friendly formulated bugreport template. After this template is > mature enough, we can start writing wishlist bugreports on packages > making wrong use SI prefixes (e.g. write KB but mean KiB) asking > them to consider to switch to binary prefixes instead.
Done, <URL:http://wiki.debian.org/ConsistentUnitPrefixes>. Please modify the bug report as needed; currently I think it may be a bit too wordy, but lack the skill to pare it down without losing necessary explanation or examples. > We should not urge to use either binary prefixes or SI prefixes > consistently in all packages! Instead we should urge to use the > prefixes *correctly*. When 1k means 1000 Bytes, it is OK to use it > -- when it means 1024 they, should make the switch to binary > prefixes. Agreed, this is the approach I've taken in the bug report. -- \ "I have had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn't it." | `\ -- Groucho Marx | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
