Bug#629926: Temperature units are not correctly converted

2011-06-09 Thread Wouter Verhelst
Package: units Version: 1.87-2 Severity: normal Hi, After reading http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/A-Really-Cold-Winter.aspx, I wanted to see just how far away from absolute zero that is, so I tried using units: You have: -459 degF You want: kelvin * -255 / -0.0039215686 Kelvin

Bug#629926: Temperature units are not correctly converted

2011-06-09 Thread John Hasler
From the man page: Nonlinear units are represented using functional notation. They make possible nonlinear unit conversions such temperature. This is different from the linear units that convert temperature differences. Note the difference below. The absolute