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and subject line Re: [top] Illogical headings like "KiB Mem" and "%Cpu"
has caused the Debian Bug report #766076,
regarding [top] Illogical headings like "KiB Mem" and "%Cpu"
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Package: procps
Version: 1:3.3.9-7
Severity: minor
Dear Maintainer,
* What led up to the situation?
Looking at the output of "top"
* What was the outcome of this action?
For example,
...
%Cpu(s): 0.2 us, 0.2 sy, 0.0 ni, 99.3 id, 0.2 wa, 0.0 hi, 0.0 si, 0.0 st
KiB Mem: 157844 total, 146904 used, 10940 free, 10720 buffers
KiB Swap: 116732 total, 4 used, 116728 free. 92540 cached Mem
...
* What outcome did you expect instead?
Correct headings on the left side
The table headings for cpu, memory and swap should be logical and be
mathematically correct.
1) Heading "KiB Mem".
Illogical. It is like writing "m length [:=] <number>" but "length
is equal to <number> <unit>", not "<unit> length = <number>", which is
obvious if it is said aloud.
The correct way is to write "<quantity> = <number> <unit>" or
"<quantity>/<unit> = <number>". So in tables the heading is
"<quantity>/<unit>" and the <number> is below or to the right of the
heading.
2) The same is for the swap line, "Swap/KiB", not "KiB Swap"; is "KiB
Swap" somehow a different kind of swap than "MiB Spap"? (Speak aloud.)
3) Percent (%) is a quotient of quantities with the same unit(s). So
"%Cpu(s)" becomes "(Cpu/s)/%", if it is necessary to indicate the
quantity "cpu" is measured, otherwise just "Cpu/%"..
-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
APT prefers testing-updates
APT policy: (500, 'testing-updates'), (500, 'testing-proposed-updates'),
(500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500, 'unstable'), (500,
'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i586)
Kernel: Linux 3.2.60-rt87-2
Locale: LANG=is_IS, LC_CTYPE=is_IS (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages procps depends on:
ii initscripts 2.88dsf-53.4
ii libc6 2.19-11
ii libncurses5 5.9+20140913-1
ii libncursesw5 5.9+20140913-1
ii libprocps3 1:3.3.9-7
ii libtinfo5 5.9+20140913-1
ii lsb-base 4.1+Debian13
Versions of packages procps recommends:
ii psmisc 22.21-2
procps suggests no packages.
-- Configuration Files:
/etc/sysctl.conf changed [not included]
-- no debconf information
--
Bjarni I. Gislason
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--- Begin Message ---
The headings make sense, the difference appears to be a preference and not
important enough to change. Closing bug.
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