From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA4391387FD for ; Mon, 31 Mar 2014 17:27:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 31E12E0A68; Mon, 31 Mar 2014 17:27:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ve0-f177.google.com (mail-ve0-f177.google.com [209.85.128.177]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 93611E0A61 for ; Mon, 31 Mar 2014 17:27:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ve0-f177.google.com with SMTP id sa20so8340146veb.36 for ; Mon, 31 Mar 2014 10:27:41 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=djqsK81rMLVM3HCr4dJMw4VFa+cChOvKbAzirRmQ5ug=; b=Dh9glaWzCz3+UpXH1h3FTs7mO/hNGfgf6JOlaKqU7Qs4stIks+HqCXsfb57mIw6IeK cPBdRBJg9zffKuLqdh74LlQU3cWGo0k5t8R3R92Ixyr8IV/ShbFn/T5/6f6ISaCDlDXV H927OKTQ5kv18eVXTLyOSQePyT4jH3DbHZtC55eYkMuSToZVJlrfg3GiuLfKt6FsFO42 kw0rFOp0eKSv1ZIF5+kHf9OESTq1loHQLM10UGjtgUCbyMWchuRw1/ACYRWPcqzDbGBx shOMsP43oUbs1jxzSyw5hIZvaiTTiZ3nBpzh+9tczNw7EbWhAZO3hcqOda6E/cPCMQlB o1aQ== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Project discussion list X-BeenThere: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.58.111.163 with SMTP id ij3mr1345907veb.26.1396286861424; Mon, 31 Mar 2014 10:27:41 -0700 (PDT) Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.52.29.142 with HTTP; Mon, 31 Mar 2014 10:27:41 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20140331174421.25accb17@pomiot.lan> References: <53342A5F.70903@gentoo.org> <20140330103342.76108bfb@pomiot.lan> <5338229D.6000801@gentoo.org> <20140330174725.44191bc2@pomiot.lan> <5338A348.3010900@gentoo.org> <69FC69C3-7C44-4A9D-975C-0A3B498DAD97@gentoo.org> <20140331080746.25261b9a@pomiot.lan> <533949D3.9090709@gentoo.org> <20140331174421.25accb17@pomiot.lan> Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 13:27:41 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: gjT7BGNy9wACGoQX_bW_LymF-eA Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Call for agenda items - Council meeting 2014-04-08 From: Rich Freeman To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 408e3a36-ae76-4af7-9e88-a63eac8de6ba X-Archives-Hash: fc4bac87ee911464cfe0b7bc514d4dda On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 11:44 AM, Micha=C5=82 G=C3=B3rny wrote: > Dnia 2014-03-31, o godz. 06:56:19 > Joshua Kinard napisa=C5=82(a): >>> >> In some respect, if all one cares about is free space on a disk drive or= how >> fast they can stream a movie, then the KiB/MiB thing works. But if you = play >> with bits and bytes from time-to-time (and worry about byte alignment) o= r >> sometimes fiddle w/ partition tables in a hex editor...you're going to t= hink >> in terms of powers of two. KiB/MiB ARE powers of two. It is KB/MB which are powers of ten (depending on who you talk to). Drive sizes tend to be reported in MB/GB, and memory tends to be reported in MiB, GiB (though they may or may not use those abbreviations when doing so). > > I feel like there's some misunderstanding here. I didn't really intend > to make everything power-of-10. It's just about the extra 'i' in 'KiB' > for unambiguity with 1000 of 'kilo'. ++ That is my main concern. Use whichever convention makes the most sense, but make it clear which one you're using. Rich