Florian Ernst <florian_er...@gmx.net> wrote: > Hello Steve, > > FYI, this just in to the Debian BugTrackingSystem at > <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=492570>. > > Cheers, > Flo ... > From: Ulrich Eckhardt <dooms...@knuut.de> ... > Actually there are several aspects to this bug, which is also related > to #556186[1]: > > 1. The prefix for thousand is "k", not "K", all others are correctly > capitalized.
The behavior conforms to the behavior of 'ls'. I am not going to change this. A capital K has been standard to denote 1024 bytes for as long as I've been computing. If he wishes to be asinine about it, it conforms to the JEDEC Standard 100B.01 defining the "prefix to units of semiconductor storage capacity". (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JEDEC_memory_standards). > 2. The prefix k means one thousand. Abusing it for 1024 is just that - > abuse[2]. Again the behavior conforms to 'ls' (and many other Unix utilities.) If he wants an --si option (ala ls) then he is welcome to code it. > Note that the manpage 'documented' this bug using the > offensive wording reported in #556186. This IMHO doubly asinine phrase > was removed in one of the newer releases, but without replacing it > with some honest explanation of the prefix abuse. This is why people stop making free software. - Steve -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
