Re: address@hidden: Bug#109613: Size column in partition list]

[Andrew Clausen]

On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 12:10:25AM +0200, Damien Genet wrote:
> you will use the start of the next partition, that will be the same that
> the end of this partition (in MB)

There might be free space in between.  (Hence display free space too)

> > % of space used on the file system.  Although, maybe both are useful?
> 
> well, % of space used on the file system is usefull when you want to
> shrink the filesystem, you have an approximation of how much you can
> shrink it

Right.

> % of disk usage, seems a bit redunded for me
> (yes, yes, if you didn't understand, this is my main leitmotiv in this
> letter ;)

Well, it depends on how the user thinks.  If they think, I want to give
half to conectiva, and half to debian... % is more convienient.

> absolutely not,
> french only contract vowel (and then it's not an option, you have to do
> it) 
> there is also nothing shorter in french for filesystem

You can't even do something like "fs"?  (In english, technical users would
recognise it easily)

> > > a+,
> > 
> > t+ :P
> 
> this is the contraction for "a plus tard" ~ see you later
> (or talk to you later, is better there ;)

t+ == Até mais == until more == see you later

* clausen is amazed that fr_IRC exists...

Andrew