On Fri, Feb 16, 2024 at 11:44:21AM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 16, 2024 at 05:35:04PM +0100, Franco Martelli wrote:
> > It was stated here:
> > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2024/02/msg00592.html
> 
> "I think that a recorded session with the output of the commands in
> English is better then a localized session for debugging purposes."
> 
> I have trouble following your reasoning there.  Do you mean that you
> expect they'll hand over the logs to *someone else* to debug, instead
> of reading it themselves?  I mean, that may be true, but you certainly
> didn't state it.  That leaves me needing to guess.

There's also looking up errors on a search engine. English texts do
have a higher probability of a meaningful hit.

But yes, it's complicated, to say the least (a case in point: my main
(not my native) language is currently German, but I vastly prefer
error messages in English).

Cheers
-- 
t

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