Hi all, I'm agree for default language to English but not to remove all i18n system.
-- Max 2018-01-05 16:22 GMT+01:00 sebb <seb...@gmail.com>: > On 5 January 2018 at 13:51, Felix Schumacher > <felix.schumac...@internetallee.de> wrote: > > Am 04.01.2018 um 17:31 schrieb Philippe Mouawad: > >> > >> Hello, > >> > >> Currently we provide ability to translate JMeter GUI in many languages. > >> In our tests we only ensure French translations are available because we > >> have french team members. > >> > >> For other languages, we are in best effort and most probably the UI > looks > >> non professional for many users as there will be a mix of english and > non > >> english labels. > >> > >> I am aware that it's a controversial topic and many people probably rely > >> on > >> translated GUI BUT: > >> > >> - I dislike the fact that GUI looks non professional > >> - Why don't we have more translation contributions if they are used > ? > >> - It's a certain piece of work to maintain and create those > >> translations > >> > >> So unless there is a magical way to fully translate all labels and > >> maintain > >> them efficiently, I am in favor of: > >> > >> - Having english forced in setup instead of relying on default > locale. > >> It seems this happened accidentally in 3.3 and nobody complained > about > >> it. > >> - In a second step, and unless there is a big move to help on > >> translation, I propose to drop all languages, even french one as > it's > >> an > >> additional work and we have other and a lot of things to do > >> > >> > >> Thoughts :-) ? > > > > > > I am not against the default language 'en', as it is the one used in the > > manual and therefore the best match. > > Agreed. > > > But I am against the removal of the option to switch languages, as there > > were contributions in this area, which indicates, that this feature is > > useful to some. > > Agreed. > > Also if a local user wants to fix the display for their language, they > can do so just by updating/providing the appropriate property files. > This ability would disappear if language support is dropped. > > A missing/incorrect translation does not prevent JMeter working, and > if it bothers a user sufficiently hopefully they will provide a patch. > > I agree with Graham that the way forward is to make it really easy to > provide translation updates. > > > Felix > > > > >
