[update-manager-devel] localising error and debug messages

[Neil Williams]

re: http://blog.peijnik.at/2009/06/02/should-cli-debug-output-and-error-messages-be-localized-in-a-gui-application/

I'd put a simple rule of thumb:

If the content of a specific message would help the user to fix the
problem *without* needing to contact the developers, localise it.

If the content of a specific message is only really useful to the
maintainers via a bug report, format it in that way.

I don't think you can generalise across all error and debug messages -
it depends more on the message itself.

-- 


Neil Williams
=============
http://www.data-freedom.org/
http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/
http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/

-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 197 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/update-manager-devel/attachments/20090604/2a86d1c1/attachment.pgp>