Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Internationalizing Linux | From | Jes Sorensen <> | Date | 04 Dec 1998 09:53:08 +0100 |
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>>>>> "Drago" == Drago Goricanec <drago@king.otsd.ts.fujitsu.co.jp> writes:
Drago> On 03 Dec 1998 16:25:16 +0100, Jes Sorensen writes: >> Oh and how to you expect kernel hackers to be able to help debug a >> problem when someone posts dmesg output in Chinese to linux-kernel?
Drago> So is that why the old IBM mainframes tagged every system Drago> message with a unique identifier?
Oh and everybody should have a 2000 page translation table on paper?
>> We've had this discussion before, about a year ago I think, forget >> it once and for all, please.
Drago> I think having messages appear in the sysadmin's native Drago> language has merit. The front line for Linux support is moving Drago> away from this list.
I really can't see the point here, all the commands on the system are in english anyway, C is using English. If you don't understand the basic English terms used by a computer, how can you adminitrate them.
Drago> Once messages permeate back to this list, they can be converted Drago> back to English just as the original message was converted Drago> originally to the native language.
Sorry but I am not going to waste my time trying to decode error messages from my own code just because someone wants to print it in a different language.
Jes
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