[Bug 1081219] Re: UI violates Ubuntu's unit policy
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: system-config-lvm (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1081219 Title: UI violates Ubuntu's unit policy To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/system-config-lvm/+bug/1081219/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1081219] Re: UI violates Ubuntu's unit policy
Rolf Leggewie seems to be in the same camp as Theodore Ts'o, author of the infamous resize2fs man pages. Where Theodore also finds the IEC/IEEE terminology ridiculous, he at least spells out what units resize2fs does use. Not so with system-config-lvm and its command-line counterparts (lvreduce and others). Getting the file system and logical volume extents wrong because the units are poorly explained in the man pages or the GUI can cause entire partitions to be lost. That's not ridiculous, it's tragic. I'm firmly with David D. Lowe on this issue: stick to IEC/IEEE terminology, and spell it out in the man pages and the GUI, like the Disk Utility (palimpsest) does. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1081219 Title: UI violates Ubuntu's unit policy To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/system-config-lvm/+bug/1081219/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1081219] Re: UI violates Ubuntu's unit policy
Thank you for the reply. I'm all for consistency and correct use of terms. In this case though, while technically correct, I find Gibibytes a bit ridiculous. I'm quite technical but I had to google for the exact meaning. For usability reasons, I'd cast my vote not to use that term. I agree that the correct abbreviations GiB and GB should be used where applicable. In any case, it's not my decision to make. ** Changed in: system-config-lvm (Ubuntu) Assignee: Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) = (unassigned) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1081219 Title: UI violates Ubuntu's unit policy To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/system-config-lvm/+bug/1081219/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1081219] Re: UI violates Ubuntu's unit policy
Thank you for your report. Are you concerned only with the shorthands or are you suggesting that when spelt out Gibibyte be used instead of Gigabyte? ** Changed in: system-config-lvm (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete ** Changed in: system-config-lvm (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) = Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1081219 Title: UI violates Ubuntu's unit policy To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/system-config-lvm/+bug/1081219/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1081219] Re: UI violates Ubuntu's unit policy
It should conform to Ubuntu's policy, which specifies the meanings of both the longhand and the shorthand. Wherever gigabyte or GB is displayed, that should mean 10 bytes, wherever GiB or gibibyte is displayed, that should mean 1073741824 bytes. ** Changed in: system-config-lvm (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1081219 Title: UI violates Ubuntu's unit policy To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/system-config-lvm/+bug/1081219/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
