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 From: pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org 
  
 On 20/08/2025 €€ 11:51, Holger Wansing wrote: 
 >> 
 >> Nit-picking: As the size input parsing is implemented in partman-base, 
 shouldn't the associated text be defined there instead of duplicating it in 
 each package which uses it ? 
 > 
 > I cannot find any duplication of the relevant string in other packages. 
 > 
 > The original bugreport mentions two message strings, and they are in 
 different packages, but they are not identical, so no duplication. 
  
 This is part of the issue. Supported and default size units are defined 
 in partman-base and independent message strings advertising them are 
 defined in partman-lvm and partman-partitioning templates. IMO this 
 design is sub-optimal and prone to inconsistencies: 
  
 - partman-lvm template advertises supported units and the default unit. 
 - partman-partitioning template only advertises the most common 
 supported units and not the default unit. 
 - When support of binary units was added in partman-base, partman-lvm 
 and partman-partitioning templates had to be updated to reflect it. 
 - Support of P(i)B and E(i)B was added to partman-base at the same time 
 but partman-lvm was not updated to reflect it. 
 - When the default unit was changed to GB in partman-base, partman-lvm 
 template was not updated to reflect it. 
  
 I do not expect other changes in this area any time soon so my comment 
 is probably coming too late, but IMO a better design would have been to 
 define the message string advertising the supported and default units in 
 partman-base templates, and insert it with db_subst in message strings 
 of other partman-* packages which need to display them. 
  
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