Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: nautilus
The Nautilus CD/DVD Creator function is using completely wrong file size
units in its dialogs.
I have an example file:
$ ls -lh --si
total 1.2G
-rwxr--r-- 1 joeljkp joeljkp 1.2G 2007-08-02 23:03 file.7z
$ ls -lh
total 1.1G
-rwxr--r-- 1 joeljkp joeljkp 1.1G 2007-08-02 23:03 file.7z
$
Notice that that's 1.2 gigabytes in SI form (1GB = 1000^3 bytes), and
1.1 gigabytes in non-SI form (1GB = 1024^3 bytes, equiv. to 1.1
gibibytes).
When I put this file into the CD/DVD Creator, it shows the file size as
1.1GB (obviously using the non-standard notation).
However, when I press the Write to Disc function, it states "Data Size:
1.0 GiB".
This means that this dialog is trying to use gibibytes by assuming the
file listing is using SI gigabytes. This assumption is wrong, leading to
all kinds of confusion.
Either the Write to Disc dialog should say "1.1 GB" (keeping with non-
standard notation), "1.1 GiB" (standard binary notation but not
internally consistent with the file listing), or "1.2 GB" (again,
standard notation but not internally consistent with the file listing).
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Aug 3 19:43:34 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus
Package: nautilus 1:2.18.1-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcCmdline: nautilus --no-default-window --sm-client-id default2
ProcCwd: /home/joeljkp
ProcEnviron:
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/home/joeljkp/Software/bin
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus
Uname: Linux joel-laptop 2.6.20-16-generic #2 SMP Thu Jun 7 20:19:32 UTC 2007
i686 GNU/Linux
** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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CD/DVD Creator using incorrect file size units
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/130282
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