Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 13:57:34 -0500 From: Brian Fundakowski Feldman <green@FreeBSD.org> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, babkin@users.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern vfs_mount.c Message-ID: <20051109185734.GO37350@green.homeunix.org> In-Reply-To: <28030.1131542973@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <26769408.1131540347713.JavaMail.root@vms070.mailsrvcs.net> <28030.1131542973@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On Wed, Nov 09, 2005 at 02:29:33PM +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <26769408.1131540347713.JavaMail.root@vms070.mailsrvcs.net>, Sergey Babkin writes: > > >>+> I'm sorry, but localization of messages of this caliber is a totally > >>+> bogus concern which I intend to ignore 100%. > >> > >>Even then, this is quite annoying to see one communicate in two > >>languages: > >> > >> Błąd wywołania mount(2): Invalid fspath > > > >I kind of feel that localization is evil to start with. > >Especially when users from random countries start > >asking questions about messages they receive, and > >you can't understand the messages because you > >don't know the language, and can't even search > >for them easily in the code. Even when I do understand > >the language I still hate the localized messages. > > The way IBM tackles that is to put a unique message number at the > start of each message. The way Windows handles it is to give you a new error code if you have a new kind of error. -- Brian Fundakowski Feldman \'[ FreeBSD ]''''''''''\ <> green@FreeBSD.org \ The Power to Serve! \ Opinions expressed are my own. \,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,\
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