linux-kernel - Re: [Lf_kernel_messages] Re: Documentation of kernel messages (Summary)

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Date:	Mon, 9 Jul 2007 23:12:21 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>, holzheu@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	randy.dunlap@...cle.com, jack@...e.cz, kenistoj@...ibm.com,
	heiko.carstens@...ibm.com, pavel@....cz, hpa@...or.com,
	jengelh@...putergmbh.de, sam@...nborg.org, mtk-manpages@....net,
	schwidefsky@...ibm.com, lf_kernel_messages@...ux-foundation.org,
	tim.bird@...sony.com, arjan@...radead.org,
	auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu, gregkh@...e.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, joe@...ches.com,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, hansendc@...ibm.com,
	davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [Lf_kernel_messages] Re: Documentation of kernel messages
 (Summary)

O> Yep, it's going to be up to the translators to keep the message
> catalogs up to date.  The gettext folks have figured out ways of doing
> fuzzy string matches, and so if you keep the external database of
> filename, line #, string, hash, and translation(s), when you go to new
> version of the kernel, it's not that hard to make the fuzzy
> translations work.

The tools can extract the strings if marked _() which is easy work to do
and you usually only want to hit a subset of strings anyway [the ones
that occur usually].

Having implemented an encheferizer in a much older kernel its worth it
even for the humour value of a valspeak kernel (plus some people will
never be happy until it says things like

SYS-E-FOO: Incorrect operating system in use
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