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On Fri, 22 Apr 2011 19:53:36 +0200 |
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"Andreas K. Huettel" <dilfridge@g.o> wrote: |
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> How about a portage "feature" that is off by default? Like, "locale" |
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> meaning "build with locale"? |
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You mean we should settle for only slightly improved odds of getting a |
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build log we all can read? |
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> If it is on, and a build fails, the default error message could be |
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> extended with something like |
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> "Note that this build was using your system locale, i.e. the error |
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> messages are in your language and may not be understood by the |
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> developers or maintainers. If you want to file a bug, please |
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> re-emerge with FEATURE=-locale" |
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1) Hardly anyone is going to actually read that. |
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2) A good many of those who do read it, will ignore it. |
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3) It raises the bar for the bug to get filed in the first place. It's |
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definitely not a good idea to require users to go into another 10 |
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hour session of, say, libreoffice or chromium compiling just to get |
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the proper LC_MESSAGES. |
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Again, slightly improved odds. |
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Also, with an interface that already forces users to read and write |
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English, and with the many commands not even using NLS or |
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lacking full translations coverage of all messages, it would probably |
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be in everyone's interest to see monolingual build output. |
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