Public bug reported:
The conversion is to/from US measures, yet this is not mentioned, and
the conversion factors are wrong for Imperial measures as used here in
the UK.
I suggest:
1. As a minimum, make it clear that US units are in use.
2. Ideally, provide a means to apply localisation other than by recompiling.
I have modified my version, to permanently use the Imperial conversion,
thus:
In file gcalctool-6.6.2/src/unit-manager.c
Line 82 et seq:
{NULL, "gallon", N_("Gallons"),
NC_("unit-format", "%s gal"), "4.54609x", "x/4.54609",
NC_("unit-symbols", "gallon,gallons,gal")},
{NULL, "litre", N_("Litres"),
NC_("unit-format", "%s L"), "x", "x",
NC_("unit-symbols", "litre,litres,liter,liters,L")},
{NULL, "quart", N_("Quarts"),
NC_("unit-format", "%s qt"), "1.1365225x", "x/1.1365225",
NC_("unit-symbols", "quart,quarts,qt")},
[Ubuntu 16.04 LTS]
** Affects: gcalctool (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1613000
Title:
Gallons/Quarts/Pints to Litres conversion is incorrect
Status in gcalctool package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
The conversion is to/from US measures, yet this is not mentioned, and
the conversion factors are wrong for Imperial measures as used here in
the UK.
I suggest:
1. As a minimum, make it clear that US units are in use.
2. Ideally, provide a means to apply localisation other than by recompiling.
I have modified my version, to permanently use the Imperial
conversion, thus:
In file gcalctool-6.6.2/src/unit-manager.c
Line 82 et seq:
{NULL, "gallon", N_("Gallons"),
NC_("unit-format", "%s gal"), "4.54609x", "x/4.54609",
NC_("unit-symbols", "gallon,gallons,gal")},
{NULL, "litre", N_("Litres"),
NC_("unit-format", "%s L"), "x", "x",
NC_("unit-symbols", "litre,litres,liter,liters,L")},
{NULL, "quart", N_("Quarts"),
NC_("unit-format", "%s qt"), "1.1365225x", "x/1.1365225",
NC_("unit-symbols", "quart,quarts,qt")},
[Ubuntu 16.04 LTS]
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