On 27 Nov 2002 01:49:54 +0100 "Stig S. Bakken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-11-26 at 12:11, Maxim Maletsky wrote: > > Derick Rethans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote... : > > > > > On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Maxim Maletsky wrote: > > > > > > > Derick Rethans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote... : > > > > > > > > > IMO it doesn't improve anything; people who don't want to understand > > > > > "undefined function" also dont want to understand "undefiniertes > > > > > Funktion", it's all arabic techo-speak for them anyway. Then how does it > > > > > help if you explain either "undefined function" or "undefiniertes > > > > > Funktion" to them? > > > > > > > > It is just as true. But, there is also another side of the coin - having > > > > errors internationalized will sound like "PHP-translated" not only "DOCS > > > > translated" - an extra tool to tell that Open Source cares of usability. > > > > > > I don't care what others think about the usability, I > > > only know that adding these localized things brings more work for me > > > when working on PHP. > > > > That sounds selfish of us, Derick. > > How on earth can you say that? Derick has received an _throphy_ for > spending his spare time on the painful process of managing PHP releases, > he knows what he is talking about, and it is not a selfish opinion. I am in no way insulting Derick for his great work. Caring of usability is what I also think of an importance. Open Source is very often critized for that - we should care, IMO. > Maintenance overhead hurts PHP. And our maint.overhead curve is going > up. We should strive to _reduce_ that overhead, not increase it. That > way php-dev will be more productive and give even the our users what > they really need: a (continously) solid product. As you said - PHP is a big project and maintainance overhead hurts it. Just this is not the limit, I think - we can add such innovations as error codes on upcoming major releases. Unless a common agreement isn't reached. --- Maxim Maletsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
