On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Richard Laager <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 2011-01-12 at 21:26 +0800, Russell Keith-Magee wrote: >> Until I start seeing kibibyte being used in the New York Times, or the >> prefered usage in the Chicago Manual of Style, the kibibyte is little >> more to me than an intriguing expression of pedantry. Yes, the >> existing usage is confusing and ambiguous. We don't fix that by >> picking new and relatively unknown terminology. > > Django's existing practice would be considered a bug in Ubuntu: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UnitsPolicy > > I realize their policy isn't binding on you as upstream, but how would > you suggest they fix it?
That's their problem. Ubuntu isn't the grand arbiter of all things good and right in the world. I have enough to worry about in my life without adding adherence to policies that I had no role in generating and haven't agreed to support. If someone can demonstrate that Ubuntu, Apple, Microsoft, and Redhat all implement the same policy, *then* we might have something to discuss. Otherwise, Django packages what Django packages. If Ubuntu wants to change what Django packages, that's entirely up to them. I only hope we don't have to go down the route of prefacing every documentation page with "If you're using Ubuntu, this documentation may be completely inaccurate". We already have to do this in a couple of places (e.g., naming of django-admin), and it's a right royal PITA. > Given that the filter can't know whether the application is using it for > disk, RAM, or files, I'd propose it be changed to use base-10 units to > get most cases right. And again, I'd propose that saying "most" implies a consensus that doesn't exist. For good or bad, Django implements one commonly understood interpretation. If you really want them, providing your own filter library that implements base 10 factors or kibi prefixes isn't that hard. And it isn't hard to distribute as a standalone library. And to shortcut the next line of argument -- I'm not fundamentally opposed to changing what Django ships. You just have to come armed with more evidence than a straw man "Most", or a single "Ubuntu says so" argument. Yours, Russ Magee %-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en.
