[gentoo-dev] Re: So now that we have --quiet-build as default, can we talk about a forced LC_ALL=C again?

[Ryan Hill]

On Sun, 4 Dec 2011 07:51:09 +0100
Jeroen Roovers <jer@g.o> wrote:

> On Sun, 4 Dec 2011 00:51:17 -0600
> Ryan Hill <dirtyepic@g.o> wrote:
>
> > How many times have you needed to request build logs in english since
> > the last time you brought this up?  How many times have you had to
> > request emerge --info or build logs in general?
>
> Many dozens of times, and a magnitude more dozens of times,

So a comparatively small number then.

> respectively, which also indicates quite clearly that this:
>
> > I think adding a note to bugzilla reminding reporters that logs need
> > to be in english would be a better solution
>
> isn't going to work, and that this:

It sure wouldn't hurt (and has the advantage of not being insane).

> > than forcing it on everyone.
>
> is what we're effectively already doing, only that we require human
> intervention and a lot of time and effort to establish that.

You still seem to believe that the only thing people do with error messages
is paste them into bugzilla for you to look at.  You realize that you
aren't required to know English to use Gentoo, right?


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