From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: Bug reports in English only? (Re: OT: spam in this newsgroup) Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 12:39:45 GMT Organization: Global Online Japan // Exodus Communications KK. Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <87elggi5m7.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1021293720 17529 127.0.0.1 (13 May 2002 12:42:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 12:42:00 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 177F9M-0004Yc-00 for ; Mon, 13 May 2002 14:42:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 177F9b-0006Ec-00; Mon, 13 May 2002 08:42:15 -0400 Original-Received: from chx400.switch.ch ([130.59.10.2]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 177F7J-0005rD-00 for ; Mon, 13 May 2002 08:39:53 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp01.fields.gol.com ([203.216.5.131]) by chx400.switch.ch with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 177F7H-00041Y-00 for gnu-emacs-bug@moderators.isc.org; Mon, 13 May 2002 14:39:52 +0200 Original-Received: from nnrp.gol.com ([203.216.7.70]) by smtp01.fields.gol.com with esmtp (Magnetic Fields) id 177F7D-0006j7-00 for ; Mon, 13 May 2002 21:39:48 +0900 Original-Received: by nnrp.gol.com (8.10.0.Beta6/8.9.1/891-NEWS-P) id g4DCdkI01629; Mon, 13 May 2002 21:39:46 +0900 (JST) Original-To: gnu-emacs-bug@moderators.isc.org Original-Path: not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Original-Lines: 31 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.216.25.169 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@gol.com Original-X-Trace: nnrp.gol.com 1021293585 203.216.25.169 (Mon, 13 May 2002 21:39:45 JST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 21:39:45 JST X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:1330 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:1330 keichwa@gmx.net (Karl Eichwalder) writes: > I'm wondering whether that's still a valid restriction. I like to help > with bug reports written in German. My proposal: > > Please write in English if possible, because the Emacs maintainers > do not necessarily/always?[please, choose a good word] have > translators to read other languages for them. I don't think it's really a `restriction', but rather just a strong warning that bug reports are much more likely to be considered if the maintainers can read them. Even if there are some other-language speakers reading the bug report lists (and in fact there are quite a few), the only guarantee that can currently be given is that english will be understood (though to be honest, I guess German would be a pretty good bet too...). So in a general sense, it's still a better bet for someone to use terribly broken english than some other language, and the message shown has to emphasize that; I'm a bit worried that anything less strong that the current message would result in people thinking `well, _maybe_ someone understands language Foo, and my english isn't very good, so...' [Note that if someone's english _isn't_ understandable, then it's often easy to see where they sent their message from, and for a speaker of that country's language to ask for a clarification, if they happen to be reading the list -- and if there is no such speaker reading, well, the reporter isn't any worse off!] -Miles -- Yo mama's so fat when she gets on an elevator it HAS to go down.