[Fwd: Bug#464369: lftp: Could accept binary prefix in net:* options]

Hello,

a forwarded wishlist bug http://bugs.debian.org/464369

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht --------
> Von: Cyril Brulebois <[email protected]>
> Antwort an: Cyril Brulebois <[email protected]>,
> [email protected]
> An: Debian Bug Tracking System <[email protected]>
> Betreff: Bug#464369: lftp: Could accept binary prefix in net:* options
> Datum: Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:12:04 +0100
> 
> Package: lftp
> Version: 3.6.1-1
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I guess it might be useful to support binary prefixes when setting net:*
> variables. I tried to “set net:limit-rate 50” first, but 50B/s is a bit
> low, so I gave “set net:limit-rate 50k” a try, and since lftp didn't
> yell at me, I thought it was OK, but that wasn't actually the case.
> 
> I guess it would make sense to either yell when the argument isn't
> numeric-only, or to support such prefixes, so as to make it easier and
> more intuitive to specify rates.

What do you think?

-- 
Noèl Köthe <noel debian.org>
Debian GNU/Linux, www.debian.org

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