Re: [Lzip-bug] Maybe replace "bits/byte" with "ratio"?

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Antonio Diaz Diaz wrote:
> When finally I can make a decision, which may include leaving bits/byte
> as is, I'll release 1.20-pre2. ;-)

I have visited some benchmark pages and I have noticed that:
  1) Most show the complete file sizes.
  2) None measure the ratio as bits/byte.
  3) Percentage seems more common than decimal, specially when embedded 
in text.

This benchmark shows the inverse compression ratio in decimal in the 
table, but as a percentage in the text:
http://www.scivision.co/lzip-compression-with-tar-performance/

This benchmark shows the inverse compression ratio as a decimal fraction 
(.1206).
http://mattmahoney.net/dc/text.html

These benchmarks show the inverse compression ratio as a percentage 
(11.01%):
http://dbahire.com/que-herramienta-de-compresion-deberia-usar-para-las-copias-de-seguridad-de-mi-base-de-datos/
http://martin-steigerwald.de/computer/programme/packbench/index.html

Conclusion: ratio seems more useful than bits/byte, and percentage is 
fine to use.


Best regards,
Antonio.