From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 9 18:57:37 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Received: from green.homeunix.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5532316A41F; Wed, 9 Nov 2005 18:57:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from green@green.homeunix.org) Received: from green.homeunix.org (green@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by green.homeunix.org (8.13.4/8.13.1) with ESMTP id jA9IvaHD015221; Wed, 9 Nov 2005 13:57:36 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from green@green.homeunix.org) Received: (from green@localhost) by green.homeunix.org (8.13.4/8.13.1/Submit) id jA9IvZ49015220; Wed, 9 Nov 2005 13:57:35 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from green) Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 13:57:34 -0500 From: Brian Fundakowski Feldman To: Poul-Henning Kamp Message-ID: <20051109185734.GO37350@green.homeunix.org> References: <26769408.1131540347713.JavaMail.root@vms070.mailsrvcs.net> <28030.1131542973@critter.freebsd.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <28030.1131542973@critter.freebsd.dk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Cc: Craig Rodrigues , src-committers@FreeBSD.org, Pawel Jakub Dawidek , cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, babkin@users.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern vfs_mount.c X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 18:57:37 -0000 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. \,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,\