Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org> writes: > Bill Allombert <bill.allomb...@math.u-bordeaux1.fr> writes: > > > I would prefer if the word kibibyte was not used in policy, so I > > would strike '(in other words, the size in kibibytes)'. > > I don't much like the word either, but at this point it's an IEEE and > ISO standard (IEEE 1541-2002). My feeling is that standards are more > important than aesthetics and we should generally follow established > standards in areas like this unless there's some compelling reason not > to.
+1. The unit being discussed (number of bytes divided by 1024) has an internationally-accepted standard term, and even if we find the term ugly we should acknowledge that term in our use of that unit to clarify the intent. -- \ “If you can do no good, at least do no harm.” —_Slapstick_, | `\ Kurt Vonnegut | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
