Re: [Bug-wget] [PATCH] [wget-bug #33210], Add an option to output bandwidth in bits

[Sasikanth]

No one asked. i had just thought it will be good to display all the output
in either bits or bytes to avoid confusion to the user (I had confused).

Anyhow thanks I will modify the patch.

Thanks
Sasi

On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Hrvoje Niksic <address@hidden> wrote:

> Sasikanth <address@hidden> writes:
>
> >     I added a new option --bits as requested in
> > https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?33210.
> >    This patch will display all data length in bits format for --bits
> > option.
>
> I don't think anyone requested data *length* being displayed in bits.
> Measuring bandwidth in bits per second is useful for compatibility with
> units used by network equipment (which at the lowest level does deal
> with individual bits).  On the other hand, measuring downloaded data in
> bits is not widely used and adds no new information nor convenience.
>
> The --bits option, if implemented, should only affect bandwidth display.
>