Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 00:43:22 +0200 From: "George L. Yermulnik" <yz@yz.kiev.ua> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> Cc: svn-ports-head@freebsd.org, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>, Matthew Seaman <matthew@freebsd.org>, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r377746 - head/ports-mgmt/pkg Message-ID: <20150123224322.GD8510@yz.iptelecom.net.ua> In-Reply-To: <20150123182633.GA17216@FreeBSD.org> References: <201501231557.t0NFvKFE047114@svn.freebsd.org> <20150123160458.GA68670@FreeBSD.org> <54C2810B.3010408@freebsd.org> <20150123182633.GA17216@FreeBSD.org>
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Hello! On Fri, 23 Jan 2015 at 18:26:33 (+0000), Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > > > Oh dear god, no. Can we have a conditional (like -DSANE_UNITS) to > > > suppress this MiB stupidity please? > > Stupidity is in the eye of the beholder. [...] > > MiB removes the ambiguity. Besides, it's the standard, and has been for > > many years. I'm sorry, but you're going to have to be dragged (kicking > > and screaming maybe) into the 21st Century now. > Well, OK. I didn't ask to stick to traditional units, I even didn't ask to > make it the default. I do hope though that it can be switched off, better > easier than not, so I can configure or patch it locally to retain my usual > comprehension speed. Pardon me for the noise, but as an average *nix user I'd like to stand for danfe's point. Please, make it an opt. -- George L. Yermulnik [YZ-RIPE]
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