From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 9 19:15:19 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16EC416A41F; Wed, 9 Nov 2005 19:15:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nate@root.org) Received: from www.cryptography.com (li-22.members.linode.com [64.5.53.22]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0E9643D49; Wed, 9 Nov 2005 19:15:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nate@root.org) Received: from [10.0.0.33] (adsl-67-119-74-222.dsl.sntc01.pacbell.net [67.119.74.222]) by www.cryptography.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id jA9JFGDI028153 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Wed, 9 Nov 2005 11:15:17 -0800 Message-ID: <43724AC4.8010409@root.org> Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 11:15:16 -0800 From: Nate Lawson User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (Windows/20050716) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Pawel Jakub Dawidek References: <20051109104601.GA15580@garage.freebsd.pl> <27530.1131535127@critter.freebsd.dk> <20051109120859.GC15580@garage.freebsd.pl> In-Reply-To: <20051109120859.GC15580@garage.freebsd.pl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Craig Rodrigues , cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, Poul-Henning Kamp , src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org 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 19:15:19 -0000 Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote: > On Wed, Nov 09, 2005 at 12:18:47PM +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > +> In message <20051109104601.GA15580@garage.freebsd.pl>, Pawel Jakub Dawidek writes: > +> > +> >Of course we need to consider things like localization, etc. > +> > +> 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 Sorta like you're doing now? :) > +> Fourth, there is a simple, easy to understand and fully available > +> way to do it, should some happy bands of natives want to do it > +> anyway: make a per language branch in perforce, translate the > +> messages there and make a kernel patch available to the public. > > God, I hope you're joking here:) > > Anyway. I don't think localization should stop us from implementing it, > but if someone will decide he wants to spend time on it, will be good to > at least try. I prefer "it was too hard/complex/unclean" over "ha! > didn't think of that". I agree with phk, localization shouldn't hold up effort in this area. However, if the interface supports counted (instead of NUL-terminated) strings, I think this will provide a sufficient base to add localization later. (NB: not an i18n guru) -- Nate