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minus-squareDavidGA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down13·9 days agoUnlocalized strings are not errors.
minus-squareMexigore@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·edit-28 days agoYes, they are errors Examples of such things being labelled as an error: https://learningintheopen.org/2024/12/12/microsoft-outlook-error-error-failed-to-load-localized-strings/ https://docs.revenera.com/installshield26helplib/rn/Content/helplibrary/Localized_String_Considerations.htm
minus-squareRob@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·8 days agoI have several Jira tickets that would like a word with you.
minus-squarebalsoft@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 days agoI guess it depends on the definition, but I’d say they absolutely are errors; if some function produces a result that is both unexpected for the user and outside the design criteria it should be considered an error.
Unlocalized strings are not errors.
Yes, they are errors
Examples of such things being labelled as an error:
https://learningintheopen.org/2024/12/12/microsoft-outlook-error-error-failed-to-load-localized-strings/
https://docs.revenera.com/installshield26helplib/rn/Content/helplibrary/Localized_String_Considerations.htm
I have several Jira tickets that would like a word with you.
I guess it depends on the definition, but I’d say they absolutely are errors; if some function produces a result that is both unexpected for the user and outside the design criteria it should be considered an error.