Bug 511520 - files.kde.org says it uses metric units, but it actually uses IEC units
Summary: files.kde.org says it uses metric units, but it actually uses IEC units
Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: www.kde.org
Classification: Websites
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: unspecified
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
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Assignee: kde-www mailing-list
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Reported: 2025-11-02 15:14 UTC by Nate Graham
Modified: 2025-11-03 10:45 UTC (History)
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Description Nate Graham 2025-11-02 15:14:46 UTC 
See https://files.kde.org/kde-linux/kde-linux_202511021417.raw.mirrorlist, which says:

> The file /kde-linux/kde-linux_202511021417.raw has a size of 5.7 GB (6108221440 bytes)

However this is inaccurate. "GB" is a "gigabyte", which is exactly 1 billion bytes — a decimal metric unit. 6108221440 bytes is approximately 6.1 gigabytes (GB), not 5.7. 

6108221440 bytes is 5.7 of something, though. That something is a Gibibyte, with the abbreviation GiB. This is a binary IEC unit.

My preference would be to continue using Gigabytes/GB (as this is by far the more common unit of measurement), and make the number accurate.
Comment 1 Ben Cooksley 2025-11-03 10:45:56 UTC 
This is a bug in Mirrorbits itself, which is not handling this properly.
Can you please file this upstream at https://github.com/etix/mirrorbits/?