Jeff King venit, vidit, dixit 21.01.2017 15:20:
> On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 10:08:46AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>>> Yes, I would think die_errno() is a no-brainer for translation, since
>>> the strerror() will be translated.
>>>
>>>> apply.c: die(_("internal error"));
>>>>
>>>> That is funny, too. I think we should substitute that with
>>>>
>>>> die("BUG: untranslated, but what went wrong instead")
>>>
>>> Yep. We did not consistently use "BUG:" in the early days. I would say
>>> that "BUG" lines do not need to be translated. The point is that nobody
>>> should ever see them, so it seems like there is little point in giving
>>> extra work to translators.
>>
>> In addition, "BUG: " is relatively recent introduction to our
>> codebase. Perhaps having a separate BUG(<string>) function help the
>> distinction further?
>
> Yes, I think so. I have often been tempted to dump core on BUGs for
> further analysis. You can do that by string-matching "BUG:" from the
> beginning of a die message, but it's kind of gross. :)
>
> -Peff
I read back the whole thread, and I'm still not sure if there's
consensus and how to go forward. Should we let the topic die? I don't
care too much personally, I just thought the mixed tranlations look
"unprofessional".
Michael