Bug#534408: debian-policy: Installed-Size is defined as "kilobytes" but dpkg-gencontrol fills it in with kibibytes
Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr> writes:
> On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 07:49:40PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
>> Agreed. At the time Policy was originally written, kilobyte nearly
>> universally meant kibibyte in the industry. I'll change this to:
>> The disk space is given as the integer value of the installed
>> size in bytes divided by 1024 and rounded (in other words, the
>> size in kibibytes).
>> for the next release. (I believe this is an informative change that
>> doesn't require seconds.)
> I formally object to the part '(in other words, the size in
> kibibytes)'.
> (I believe this change is not informative and only serve the purpose
> of endorsing a standard which does not meet consensus in Debian.)
Okay. As previously mentioned, I disagree and would prefer to retain
it, so I think at this point we need to hear more opinions to see how
widespread the disagreement is.
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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