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doc/developer: Favor SI units where applicable

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This should make things more consistent over time

Signed-off-by: Michael Niedermayer <michael@niedermayer.cc>
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@@ -367,6 +367,9 @@ symbols. If in doubt, just avoid names starting with @code{_} altogether.
@item
Casts should be used only when necessary. Unneeded parentheses
should also be avoided if they don't make the code easier to understand.
@item
Where applicable, SI units shall be used. For example timeouts should use seconds as the fundamental unit not micro seconds.
That means a bare value like @samp{1.0} must mean 1 second, @samp{50m} means 50 milliseconds. For weight, gram shall be used.
@end itemize
@anchor{Development Policy}