On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 10:56:58AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > 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. I don't agree that we should commit ourselves to following ugly standards. There are, after all, a great many standards from a great many standards bodies, only some of which Debian actually strives to comply with. :) -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
