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From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
To: Matthew Seaman <matthew@freebsd.org>
Subject: Re: svn commit: r377746 - head/ports-mgmt/pkg
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On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 05:12:43PM +0000, Matthew Seaman wrote:
> On 01/23/15 16:04, 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.

./danfe