Re: temperature standard - global config option?

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Wed, 6 Jun 2001 22:05:41 +0100 (BST)

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

/dev/temperature is in farenheit. It was specified by someone in the UK
several years ago and we are stuck with it that way really.

Newer API's should probably use celcius/kelvin

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