usage of mixed units (bytes, MiB, GiB) for file size and space
Bug #573382 reported by
Jan
This bug affects 3 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nautilus |
Confirmed
|
Wishlist
|
|||
One Hundred Papercuts |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
baobab |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
synaptic |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
gparted (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
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
summary: |
- uses mixed units (MiB, GiB) for space + usage of mixed units (MiB, GiB) for space causes confusion |
Changed in gparted (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
description: | updated |
summary: |
- usage of mixed units (MiB, GiB) for space causes confusion + usage of mixed units (bytes, MiB, GiB) for file size and space |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
Changed in nautilus: | |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
Changed in nautilus: | |
importance: | Unknown → Low |
Changed in hundredpapercuts: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in nautilus: | |
importance: | Low → Wishlist |
Changed in hundredpapercuts: | |
milestone: | none → papercuts-nautilus |
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This is very much intentional behavior. If you have one disk that is only 100mb and one that is 64gb, they need to be shown with different units or you would have very large/small numbers.