[Bug 410310] Re: update-manager inconsistent with download size

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This bug was fixed in the package update-manager - 1:0.152.7

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update-manager (1:0.152.7) oneiric; urgency=low

  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * merged lp:~mterry/update-manager/813778 to fix crash in
    initCache() LP: #813778. Many thanks to Michael Terry
  * add jenkins slave setup (config, upstart job), similar to the
    server-isotesting  (disabled by default)
  * DistUpgrade/DistUpgrade.ui:
    - add minimal size for the details expander (and let glade
      reindent/reformat the entire file along the way)
  * merged lp:~evfool/update-manager/stringfixes

  [ Robert Roth ]
  * Updated translator comment to follow the Ubuntu Units policy
  * Display sizes according to the Ubuntu Units Policy (LP: #410310)
  * Fix ambiguous text explaining updates to running release (LP: #461780)
  * Added label to distinguish candidate version from installed version
    (LP: #537942)
  * Rename Check all/Uncheck all to Select/Deselect all
 -- Michael Vogt <michael.vogt at ubuntu.com>   Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:44:45 +0200

** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
       Status: In Progress => Fix Released

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Title:
  update-manager inconsistent with download size

Status in Update Manager:
  Confirmed
Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: update-manager

  There are three places, where the update-manager states the download size of an update:
  -For every package itself
  -For all packages together
  -During download
  The first two and the third one differ. (see attachment - the total and the per-package difference has been fixed in the meantime, the difference between update-manager main window and the progress windows still exists)

  When doing an update with update-manager some numbers displayed on screen come from update-manager and some from apt.
  And now apt is displaying the numbers with decimal kilos (K=1000), and update-manager is displaying the numbers with binary kilos (K=1024). Even if the float problem is solved, this still gives a difference in display of about 4.8% for Megabyte numbers. (see some more details in my comment #9 above and some of the attached pictures).

  Before this bug is set to 'Fix Released' I would like to raise the
  question if it would make sense to consistently use one and the same
  factor for kilo/mega representation throughout all package management
  programs. This could be done either by changing humanize_size to
  decimal as well, or changing apt/apt-pkg/strutl.cc to binary, or even
  by totally eliminating humanize_size and using also the apt
  subroutines in update-manager.

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