Hi,
I do think it's important for something like PackageKit to
return
maximally descriptive error messages to the user; I was quite
concerned when I saw Richard post that everything had to be turned
into an error enum in PackageKit so that the translation could be done
in the front end. I think that's just wrong, and you always want error
message *strings* to be part of the system, translated at the source
when applicable.
This is kind of a side point (but then again PackageKit isn't
anywhere
near done, yet, so this entire sub-thread is pretty much a side point
for a low-hanging fruit thread), but while I agree translated strings
should come from the source, it's important to realize that the system
language isn't the same as the session language in many cases.
What I'm saying is, the daemon should be sending msgid's and translation
domains up (in the gettext sense), instead of translated msgstr's or
there should be some protocol to send the locale down before translated
strings get sent up.
--Ray