Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 21 Dec 2001 15:08:23 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 21 Dec 2001 15:08:13 -0500 Received: from weta.f00f.org ([203.167.249.89]:56004 "EHLO weta.f00f.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 21 Dec 2001 15:08:05 -0500 Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2001 09:10:33 +1300 From: Chris Wedgwood To: Benjamin LaHaise Cc: "Eric S. Raymond" , David Garfield , Linux Kernel List Subject: Re: Configure.help editorial policy Message-ID: <20011221201033.GA32368@weta.f00f.org> In-Reply-To: <20011220143247.A19377@thyrsus.com> <15394.29882.361540.200600@irving.iisd.sra.com> <20011220185226.A25080@thyrsus.com> <15395.33489.779730.767039@irving.iisd.sra.com> <20011221134034.B11147@thyrsus.com> <20011221141847.E15926@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20011221141847.E15926@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.24i X-No-Archive: Yes Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 02:18:47PM -0500, Benjamin LaHaise wrote: So, encouraging non-uniform terminology, breaking applicates *and* confusing the hell out of everyone is better? Face it, the only people trying to confuse things are the disk vendors. DRAM is sold by the MB, everyone talks about MB == 1024*1024... I'm having a hard time giving a sympathetic ear to anyone try to change the well established, and consistent (barring the storage venduhs), standard. And disks by the GB where GB == 1000^3 so I don't see any problem in moving from KB to KiB and friends ESPECIALLY AS THEY ARE STANDARDIZED BEYOND THE KERNEL and nothing will change this. --CW - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/