Re: temperature standard - global config option?

From: Harald Arnesen (gurre@start.no)
Date: Wed Jun 06 2001 - 16:01:38 EST


"J . A . Magallon" <jamagallon@able.es> writes:

> On 06.06 Alan Cox wrote:
> > The spec is farenheit
>
> Kernel is worldwide, should not use anlo-saxon shifted units. Use the
> International System of Units (SI)
> http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/units.html
>
> Temperature measures in kelvins.

Absolutely. We chide Microsoft for not following standards, so we
should definitely follow the SI standards, which are much firmer than
any internet standards.

-- 
Hilsen Harald.
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