[eclipse-dev] translating messages in the log?

[Konrad Kolosowski <konradk@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Do we have a guide line in Eclipse clarifying/suggesting whether messages
logged to Eclipse log must/should/should not/must not be translated?

I seem to recall that we use to translate all messages except the debug
output, and it was relaxed later that we should but do not have to.
Recently a bug https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=67872 has been
opened and John commented that we should generally not translate log
messages.  From the log we see Help, PDE, Team do translate their logged
messages.

Personally I think the messages should be translated, especially that users
can see them in the log view, and they are really the first line of support
for themselves.

Konrad Kolosowski
Eclipse Help System