On Monday 11 June 2007 14:57, shirish wrote: > Please look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix . I > put a bug up for it https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/119822 & > Aaron helpfully said it needs more discussion. I have had great > support from libtorrent code.rasterbar.com as well as the guys at > deluge http://dev.deluge-torrent.org . > The difference is simply astonishing to put aside if let's say a > download or an .ISO says 700 MB (700*1000) it becomes 683.59375 MiB > (700000/1024) . Please lemme know what you guys think about it ? > It isn't just ubuntu or debian but this needs to be done > everywhere. Have something accurate. I'm in favour! (But are you requesting that aptitude use SI prefixes correctly, or that it use IEC (binary) prefixes? -- Magnus Holmgren
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