[PATCH] [xfsprogs]: Don't translate command name.

[Arkadiusz Miskiewicz]

On Tuesday 03 of May 2011, Alex Elder wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-04-15 at 11:07 +0200, Arkadiusz Miśkiewicz wrote:
> > Command names should never be translated. Currently there is
> > 'xfs_quota -x -c "project"...' in one locale (C) while
> > 'xfs_quota -x -c "projekt"...' in another (pl_PL).
> 
> I haven't looked at this closely yet, but it looks
> pretty straightforward.
> 
> I have tried to do a little research on localization
> though, so I'm a little better informed.  I accept
> your statement that command names should never be
> translated, but is that a well-known convention?

It isn't written anywhere as a "rule" afaik. I simply "makes sense". We don't 
want documentation to be valid only for C/en_US locale. We want scripts that 
use xfs tools to be portable and not locale dependant etc, etc.

There are cases when translating commands makes sense - MUDs or some text 
based games and surely not admin tools.

> Thanks.
> 
> 					-Alex
> 
> > Signed-off-by: Arkadiusz Miśkiewicz <arekm at maven.pl>


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