linux-kernel - Re: Documentation of kernel messages (Summary)

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Date:	Mon, 9 Jul 2007 20:33:09 +0200
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
To:	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"Kunai, Takashi" <kunai@...ux-foundation.jp>,
	holzheu@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	lf_kernel_messages@...ux-foundation.org, mtk-manpages@....net,
	jack@...e.cz, randy.dunlap@...cle.com, gregkh@...e.de,
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	davem@...emloft.net, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu, kenistoj@...ibm.com,
	schwidefsky@...ibm.com, heiko.carstens@...ibm.com,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Documentation of kernel messages (Summary)

On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 12:48:24PM -0400, Rob Landley wrote:
>...
> [regarding translated documentation]
> 
> For my part, I can't _tell_ when a given translation is out of date because I 
> can't read it, and I certainly can't update it.  So I agree with Eric and I'm 
> linking to sites hosting kernel documentation in other languages rather than 
> hosting them myself.  I've got a good link to a Japanese site, need to ping 
> the contributors of the chinese documentation and see if they have a site for 
> it...
>...

Include the last git commit on this file in the translated document?

This would also make it easier for a translator to update a document 
because a diff on the original document since the last translation would 
be trivial.

> Rob

cu
Adrian

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