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Message-ID: <20070613203737.GB5708@suse.de>
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:37:37 -0700
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc: Matthias Schniedermeyer <ms@...d.de>,
Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com>,
Tsugikazu Shibata <tshibata@...jp.nec.com>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, m-ikeda@...jp.nec.com
Subject: Re: [RFD] Documentation/HOWTO translated into Japanese
On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 02:18:18PM +0000, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
>
> > Yes, but this file, and the stable-api-nonsense.txt files are there to
> > help people understand both the kernel's philosophy, as well as
> > encourage them to help contribute.
> >
> > That is totally different from internationalizing the internal kernel
> > messages (which, btw, some people are working on...) That I would not
> > agree to as it's just too hard to keep up with and would be pointless in
> > a way.
> >
> > So I really do want to see a translated copy of the HOWTO,
> > stable-api-nonsense.txt, and possibly a few other files in the main
> > kernel tree (SubmittingPatches, CodingStyle, and SubmittingDrivers might
> > all be good canidates for this.) These files change relativly
> > infrequently (the HOWTO file has had only 7 changes in 1 and 1/2 years,
> > and they were very minor ones) and should be easy for the translators to
> > keep up with.
>
> But what is the point of having them in tree?
Wider exposure. It will greatly increase the "google-juice" of it and
helps out when pointing people at the needed information.
> Plus, I'm not even sure if we have enough space. There are lots of
> languages.
"space"? Since when are we running out of space? The kernel is "only"
growing at 10% a year and is a mere 8.1 million lines or so. We have
plenty of space on the mirrors to take up :)
thanks,
greg k-h
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