From: Dave Jones <davej@suse.de>
To: Randolph Bentson <bentson@grieg.holmsjoen.com>
Cc: Matt Bernstein <matt@theBachChoir.org.uk>,
Steven Cole <scole@lanl.gov>, <esr@thyrsus.com>,
<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB in Configure.help.
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 20:00:34 +0100 (CET) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0112201955570.2519-100000@Appserv.suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20011220104226.A5716@grieg.holmsjoen.com>
On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, Randolph Bentson wrote:
> I'm afraid I have to disagree with you. Not enough people
> know that KB stands for 1000B. I know through experience that
> KB is often used for 1024B. The introduction of KiB makes it
> clear that 1024B is intended.
Given the confusion its raised in this thread already, this strikes
me as a particularly bad change. Some of those definitions in
Configure.help have been there for the better part of 10 years
now, and I don't recall anyone in the past few years needing to
ask for clarification.
Is this really that important ?
Dave.
--
| Dave Jones. http://www.codemonkey.org.uk
| SuSE Labs
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Thread overview: 100+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-12-20 18:02 Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB in Configure.help Steven Cole
2001-12-20 18:16 ` Matt Bernstein
2001-12-20 18:42 ` Randolph Bentson
2001-12-20 19:00 ` Dave Jones [this message]
2001-12-20 19:07 ` Nicholas Knight
2001-12-20 18:47 ` Michael Dunsky
2001-12-20 19:00 ` Timothy Covell
2001-12-21 1:44 ` Stephen Satchell
2001-12-20 18:26 ` Robert Love
2001-12-20 18:52 ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-12-20 19:32 ` Steven Cole
2001-12-20 19:37 ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-12-20 20:40 ` Marc Schiffbauer
2001-12-20 20:32 ` Gábor Lénárt
2001-12-20 21:05 ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-12-20 21:14 ` Gábor Lénárt
2001-12-20 21:25 ` Andreas Dilger
2001-12-20 22:49 ` Mike Eldridge
2001-12-21 10:58 ` Mike Jagdis
2001-12-26 18:59 ` Riley Williams
2002-01-02 17:17 ` Jonathan Amery
2002-01-02 20:17 ` Timothy Covell
2002-01-03 4:23 ` Daniel Phillips
2002-01-03 15:46 ` Timothy Covell
2001-12-24 13:39 ` Lionel Bouton
2001-12-25 11:25 ` Pavel Machek
2001-12-25 20:14 ` Lionel Bouton
2001-12-20 19:49 ` Bernd Eckenfels
2001-12-22 10:24 ` Pozsar Balazs
2001-12-22 10:47 ` Phil Howard
2001-12-22 11:30 ` Bernd Eckenfels
2001-12-22 20:18 ` Pozsar Balazs
2001-12-23 5:39 ` Bernd Eckenfels
2001-12-24 13:21 ` Ian Molton
2001-12-22 16:03 ` Stephen Satchell
2001-12-23 10:43 ` David Woodhouse
2001-12-23 12:00 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2001-12-23 16:24 ` Stephen Satchell
2001-12-24 12:37 ` David Woodhouse
2001-12-28 10:25 ` Kai Henningsen
2001-12-20 19:13 Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB in Configure.hel p Nicholas Knight
2001-12-20 19:41 ` Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB in Configure.help Mike Harrold
2001-12-21 16:59 ` Alan Cox
2001-12-21 17:50 ` Mike Harrold
2001-12-21 18:41 ` Kent Borg
2001-12-21 18:49 ` lk
2001-12-21 19:12 ` Kent Borg
2001-12-22 4:51 ` Albert D. Cahalan
2001-12-20 19:25 RaúlNúñez de Arenas Coronado
2001-12-20 21:41 ` Jamie Lokier
2001-12-21 23:05 ` Rob Landley
2001-12-21 11:44 Christian Groessler
2001-12-21 12:50 ` Rene Engelhard
2001-12-21 14:40 ` Reid Hekman
2001-12-21 14:48 ` Rene Engelhard
2001-12-26 19:04 ` Riley Williams
2001-12-21 15:48 ` Mike Jagdis
2001-12-21 16:07 ` Rene Engelhard
2001-12-21 17:43 ` Bob Glamm
2001-12-21 20:50 ` Andreas Ferber
2001-12-21 19:55 Per Jessen
[not found] ` <by>
2001-12-22 1:48 ` Timothy Covell
2001-12-22 4:32 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-12-22 4:49 ` Timothy Covell
2001-12-22 7:57 ` Alan Cox
2001-12-22 18:22 ` Timothy Covell
2001-12-22 19:54 ` Derek Fawcus
2001-12-22 2:11 ` Timothy Covell
2001-12-22 4:44 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-12-22 4:55 ` M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
2001-12-22 5:29 ` Ryan Cumming
2001-12-22 5:53 ` Timothy Covell
2001-12-22 22:41 ` Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB in?Configure.help Vojtech Pavlik
2001-12-22 10:53 ` Pekka Pietikäinen
2001-12-21 22:55 Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB in Configure.help Stuart Lynne
2001-12-22 2:51 Thomas Hood
2001-12-22 8:39 matthew david reuther
2002-01-08 21:18 ` Dr. Kelsey Hudson
2001-12-22 23:22 Per Jessen
2001-12-23 7:21 ` Nicholas Knight
2001-12-23 13:35 ` Alan Cox
2001-12-23 9:18 Per Jessen
2001-12-23 16:34 ` Stephen Satchell
2002-01-08 21:24 Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB =?iso-8859-1?q?in Configure=2Ehelp=2E?= Dr. Kelsey Hudson
2002-01-08 21:29 ` Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB in Configure.help H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-08 22:15 ` Dr. Kelsey Hudson
2002-01-08 23:03 ` Timothy Covell
2002-03-18 11:31 Nayyer Tiger
2002-03-18 16:12 ` Randy.Dunlap
2002-03-18 16:36 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-03-18 13:53 ` Andreas Dilger
2002-03-18 17:38 ` Jakob Kemi
2002-03-18 18:24 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-03-18 18:35 ` Rik van Riel
2002-03-18 19:00 ` Mike Dresser
2002-03-18 19:08 ` Rik van Riel
2002-03-18 19:31 ` Chris Friesen
2002-03-18 22:04 ` Mike Dresser
2002-03-18 22:12 ` Mike Dresser
2002-03-19 11:48 ` Remco Post
2002-03-18 17:04 ` Steven Cole
[not found] <Pine.LNX.4.33.0203181358540.25105-100000@router.windsormac hine.com>
2002-03-19 14:20 ` Pete Cervasio
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