Re: Pressure sensors

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost> writes:

> On Wed, Jan 02, 2019 at 06:38:21PM +0000, David Holland wrote:
>> Most of the world uses millibars and occasionally labels them hPa.
>> Since judging by the patch the framework isn't up to handling both,
>> the best course is probably to use and label as millibars and just
>> duck the occasional brickbat from metrication nuts.

That's probably fair, and I resemble being called a metrication nut.

I do agree that millibar is normal usage in the US.

> I would make it Pa in the API and let userland translate to whatever
> values we want to display by default.

That seems somewhat reasonable, except that in my experience everybody
wants to see atmospheric pressure in mb/hPa (if they aren't using inches
or mm of Hg).