On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 07:13:23PM -0700, Martin Dorey wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 3.7.2.2 > Severity: minor > > debian-policy appears to define Installed-Size's units as thousands of bytes: > > > 5.6.20 Installed-Size > > This field appears in the control files of binary packages, and in the > > Packages files. It gives the total amount of disk space required to install > > the named package. > > The disk space is represented in kilobytes as a simple decimal number. > > I suspect this is informal language describing an intention to use kibibytes > - units of 1024 bytes - as implemented by dpkg-gencontrol's use of du -k: >
Could we simply not discuss this issue at all ? This would save time and I do not think anybody would change their mind anyway. Cheers, -- Bill. <ballo...@debian.org> Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
