Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 03:16:25 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Michael Wardle <michael.wardle@adacel.com> Cc: Wouter Van Hemel <wouter@pair.com>, doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: inconsistent use of data units Message-ID: <20020222011624.GB6716@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <3C7490E9.3050100@adacel.com> References: <1014256250.304.66.camel@cocaine> <3C745639.8080509@adacel.com> <20020221022225.GA12900@hades.hell.gr> <3C745D8B.9090808@adacel.com> <20020221025358.GB2678@moo.holy.cow> <3C7464B4.70004@adacel.com> <u3adu3bgb3.du3@localhost.localdomain> <3C74803F.4090004@adacel.com> <1014270449.303.117.camel@cocaine> <3C7490E9.3050100@adacel.com>
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On 2002-02-21 17:17, Michael Wardle wrote:
> Wouter Van Hemel wrote:
>
> >If we decide to comply, all occurrences in the code should be changed too,
> >as not to create a bigger chaos. We simply can't use KiB in our
> >documentation, and ignore the difference with the real-life topics we are
> >documenting. This is a decision that can't be taken lightly... Surely not
> >for something that might never find steady ground in the 'real world' (no
> >matter how convenient or correct).
>
> ...
>
> Are you saying this because you think the core code team won't like the
> proposal? :-P
As the documentation is supposed to, err, `document' the code, using
similar ways to refer to units in both the code and the documentation seems
a bit rational. But that's IMHO, and bearing in mind the minor changes
I've done to the source, should be taken with a few grains of salt.
Giorgos Keramidas FreeBSD Documentation Project
keramida@{freebsd.org,ceid.upatras.gr} http://www.FreeBSD.org/docproj/
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