Activity log for bug #573382

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2010-05-02 00:07:03 Jan bug added bug
2010-05-02 00:07:03 Jan attachment added GParted-units.png http://launchpadlibrarian.net/47099158/GParted-units.png
2010-05-02 00:12:27 Jan summary uses mixed units (MiB, GiB) for space usage of mixed units (MiB, GiB) for space causes confusion
2010-05-02 11:22:01 frizzle21 gparted (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed
2010-05-02 11:34:37 frizzle21 description Binary package hint: gparted GParted shows the capacity of partitions with mixed units. This leads to confusion and you have to calculate. Please see the attached screenshot for an example. A simple solution is to use one default unit. GiB would be the intelligent choice at the moment. Ubuntu 10.04 LTS gparted 0.5.1-1ubuntu2 GParted shows the capacity of partitions with mixed units. This leads to confusion and you have to calculate. Please see the attached screenshot for an example. A simple solution is to use one default unit. GiB would be the intelligent choice at the moment.
2010-05-08 16:55:16 Jan description Ubuntu 10.04 LTS gparted 0.5.1-1ubuntu2 GParted shows the capacity of partitions with mixed units. This leads to confusion and you have to calculate. Please see the attached screenshot for an example. A simple solution is to use one default unit. GiB would be the intelligent choice at the moment. Ubuntu 10.04 LTS gparted 0.5.1-1ubuntu2 gnome-utils 2.30.0-0ubuntu1 Several programs show used or available space with mixed units. This leads to confusion and you have to calculate. Please see the attached screenshot for an example. A simple solution is to use one default unit. GiB with decimal places would be the intelligent choice at the moment.
2010-05-08 16:55:46 Jan bug task added baobab
2010-05-08 16:56:11 Jan attachment added disk-usage-analyzer.png http://launchpadlibrarian.net/48072131/disk-usage-analyzer.png
2010-05-08 16:56:37 Jan description Ubuntu 10.04 LTS gparted 0.5.1-1ubuntu2 gnome-utils 2.30.0-0ubuntu1 Several programs show used or available space with mixed units. This leads to confusion and you have to calculate. Please see the attached screenshot for an example. A simple solution is to use one default unit. GiB with decimal places would be the intelligent choice at the moment. Ubuntu 10.04 LTS gparted 0.5.1-1ubuntu2 gnome-utils 2.30.0-0ubuntu1 Several programs show used or available space with mixed units. This leads to confusion and you have to calculate. Please see the attached screenshots for examples. A simple solution is to use one default unit. GiB with decimal places would be the intelligent choice at the moment.
2010-05-10 12:42:59 Jan bug task added synaptic
2010-05-10 12:43:34 Jan attachment added synaptic.png http://launchpadlibrarian.net/48209379/synaptic.png
2010-05-10 13:06:36 Jan summary usage of mixed units (MiB, GiB) for space causes confusion usage of mixed units (bytes, MiB, GiB) for file size and space
2010-05-10 13:18:23 Jan description Ubuntu 10.04 LTS gparted 0.5.1-1ubuntu2 gnome-utils 2.30.0-0ubuntu1 Several programs show used or available space with mixed units. This leads to confusion and you have to calculate. Please see the attached screenshots for examples. A simple solution is to use one default unit. GiB with decimal places would be the intelligent choice at the moment. Ubuntu 10.04 LTS gparted 0.5.1-1ubuntu2 gnome-utils 2.30.0-0ubuntu1 Several programs show mixed units in the same table. This is impractical and confusing as you have to compare manually. Please see the attached screenshots for examples. A simple solution would be to use one default unit (for each program): GParted: GiB Nautilus & baobab: MiB Synaptic: KiB
2010-05-10 13:19:45 Jan description Ubuntu 10.04 LTS gparted 0.5.1-1ubuntu2 gnome-utils 2.30.0-0ubuntu1 Several programs show mixed units in the same table. This is impractical and confusing as you have to compare manually. Please see the attached screenshots for examples. A simple solution would be to use one default unit (for each program): GParted: GiB Nautilus & baobab: MiB Synaptic: KiB Ubuntu 10.04 LTS gnome-utils 2.30.0-0ubuntu1 gparted 0.5.1-1ubuntu2 nautilus 1:2.30.1-0ubuntu1 synaptic 0.63.1ubuntu6 Several programs show mixed units in the same table. This is impractical and confusing as you have to compare manually. Please see the attached screenshots for examples. A simple solution would be to use one default unit (for each program): GParted: GiB Nautilus & baobab: MiB Synaptic: KiB
2010-05-10 13:23:58 Jan bug watch added https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=618269
2010-05-10 13:23:58 Jan bug task added nautilus
2010-05-10 14:51:07 Jan bug watch added https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94691
2010-05-10 14:51:07 Jan nautilus: remote watch GNOME Bug Tracker #618269 GNOME Bug Tracker #94691
2010-05-10 16:50:38 Bug Watch Updater nautilus: status Unknown Confirmed
2010-09-16 22:07:44 Bug Watch Updater nautilus: importance Unknown Low
2010-09-17 17:27:36 Jan bug task added hundredpapercuts
2010-11-29 17:31:45 Chris Wilson hundredpapercuts: status New Confirmed
2011-08-19 15:23:49 Bug Watch Updater nautilus: importance Low Wishlist
2011-09-23 11:19:08 Jan removed subscriber Jan-Christoph Borchardt
2012-01-04 16:07:05 Phillip Susi gparted (Ubuntu): status Confirmed Invalid
2012-11-28 22:22:50 Chris Wilson hundredpapercuts: milestone papercuts-nautilus
2013-09-16 14:52:11 Hans Deragon bug added subscriber Hans Deragon
2021-07-29 13:19:20 Paul White hundredpapercuts: status Confirmed Invalid
2021-07-29 13:19:28 Paul White baobab: status New Invalid
2021-07-29 13:19:39 Paul White synaptic: status New Invalid