bug#75649: dd: report base 1024 for bytes per second

2025-01-21 Thread Chris Ely
2025-01-21 07:59, Chris Ely wrote: > > I'd > > much rather not see the base 10 numbers at all > > No matter which of the two numbers we display, people preferring the > other number will complain. This topic has come up before, multiple > times, with people co

bug#75649: dd: report base 1024 for bytes per second

2025-01-21 Thread Chris Ely
lay both speeds, but that line is already long. I'd much rather not see the base 10 numbers at all without a variable/option requesting them. Using base 10 with files is only inviting confusion just like it would be for memory. On Tue, Jan 21, 2025, 10:15 Pádraig Brady wrote: > On 18/0

bug#75649: dd: report base 1024 for bytes per second

2025-01-18 Thread Chris Ely
Hello, human options would be better if it included base 1024 by default, the code can turn that bit off where it doesn't want it (the si transfer status value, should be the only place). I think the minimal changes would be something like this: https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils/compare/mas