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From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Cc: jamesbroadhead@×××××.com
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: So now that we have --quiet-build as default, can we talk about a forced LC_ALL=C again?
Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2011 14:27:37
Message-Id: 20111204152658.47cc206f@pomiocik.lan
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: So now that we have --quiet-build as default, can we talk about a forced LC_ALL=C again? by James Broadhead
1 On Sun, 4 Dec 2011 14:09:03 +0000
2 James Broadhead <jamesbroadhead@×××××.com> wrote:
3
4 > On 4 December 2011 06:51, Ryan Hill <dirtyepic@g.o> wrote:
5 > > On Sun, 4 Dec 2011 04:50:00 +0100
6 > > Jeroen Roovers <jer@g.o> wrote:
7 > >
8 > >> Subject says it all. More and more bug attachments appear that have
9 > >> been generated with non-English locales, and it's a nuisance for
10 > >> both bug reporters and bug wranglers to request/provide the sane
11 > >> alternative that every developer should be able to read.
12 > >
13 > > How many times have you needed to request build logs in english
14 > > since the last time you brought this up?  How many times have you
15 > > had to request emerge --info or build logs in general?
16 >
17 > Surely this can be automated?
18 >
19 > "Error - Bug not filed!
20 > No emerge --info attachment detected. Either tag one of your
21 > attachments as `emerge --info`, or upload one"
22
23 It can't. Not all bugs are build failures. Not in all cases 'emerge
24 --info' is relevant at all.
25
26 > > I think adding a note to bugzilla reminding reporters that logs
27 > > need to be in english would be a better solution than forcing it on
28 > > everyone.
29 >
30 > Am I wrong, or is LC_MESSAGES=C a non-UTF-8 locale? Why is this
31 > considered a good idea? Why not en-UTF-8?
32
33 Because not all systems are required to be built with utf8 locale.
34
35 --
36 Best regards,
37 Michał Górny

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