https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=475459
Bug ID: 475459
Summary: Please follow BinaryUnitDialect or use decimal
multiples of bits in network speed graph
Classification: Plasma
Product: plasma-nm
Version: 5.27.8
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: applet
Assignee: plasma-b...@kde.org
Reporter: bugs.kde....@e3q.eu
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
The applet uses binary prefixes (KiB/s) for transmission speeds in the graph
showing up/down network traffic over a connection. That means it does not seem
to follow the BinaryUnitDialect config option. Likely it is just a matter of
replacing some function with some higher-level ones, as other apps do the right
thing (e.g., Krusader).
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Set BinaryUnitDialect=2 in [Locale] section of $KDEHOME/.config/kdeglobals
(setting to metric/SI instead of IEC)
2. Open network applet
3. Look at a network traffic graph
OBSERVED RESULT
IEC formatting is used instead of metric
EXPECTED RESULT
Metric formatting is used (given existing conventions for network speed being
expressed in kbps/Mbps/Gbps <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data-rate_units>, an
alternative might be to use metric multiples of *bits*, as is done in the
applet for connection speed in the Details tab)
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.8
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.110.0
Qt Version: 5.15.10
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The BinaryUnitDialect config option is described in Bug 57240. This option is
for now still without a GUI, but Bug 364321 makes it clear this should change.
So apps like this applet should be made ready to follow BinaryUnitDialect (or,
because of network speed conventions, use metric multiples of bits).
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