some typo of new Use GB, MB instead of Gb, Mb Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
Created attachment 45271 [details, diff] so04122004.patch
Just to add my 0.02 bolivars worth, typographers (such as myself) tend to frown on excessive capitalization in texts, given its obstructive (to reading) and alarmist nature. OK, I know the bolivar isn't worth anything these days, so I'll just shut up now ;)
Thanks! Committed.
For your information, the new standard say we should use MiB, KiB... if we refer to a 1024 multiple and MB, KB... only if it is a 1000 multiple.
I should have mentionned this quick reference: http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html
b stands for bit, B for bytes. That makes a significant difference ;-) Unless we really need to use MiB or GiB instead of MB or GB because the difference has a real impact, I'd say we stick to MB and GB. MiB makes me think of a movie more than a unit.
Whilst all the above observations are true and correct (given the origin of the url), I'd like to propose that since these abbreviations are unknown to many, especially to non-English speakers, we should use the *full* term and *not* the new abbreviations so as to avoid gratuitous confusion.
As I said in my initial CVS commit message: """ Use GB, MB instead of Gb, Mb... not real standards compliance (not IECs MiB/GiB) but more in line with most users their knowledge. This is "Typo fixing", no version increase """ Users don't get confused with the current abbreviations; they did a bit with the non-capitalized b (hence the update) but they'll certainly view Gentoo as Geekish if we'd use the IEC standard.
