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

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Message-ID: <4691C95F.7080502@zytor.com>
Date:	Sun, 08 Jul 2007 22:36:31 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	"Kunai, Takashi" <kunai@...ux-foundation.jp>
CC:	holzheu@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>,
	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,
	pavel@....cz, tim.bird@...sony.com, gh@...ibm.com,
	arjan@...radead.org, sam@...nborg.org, jengelh@...putergmbh.de,
	joe@...ches.com, auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com, hansendc@...ibm.com,
	davem@...emloft.net, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu, kenistoj@...ibm.com,
	schwidefsky@...ibm.com, heiko.carstens@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: Documentation of kernel messages (Summary)

Kunai, Takashi wrote:
> (1) Your kernel development proposal will be greatly supported by
> Japanese vendor community. At the same time, it needs support from the
> kernel communities, as well.

There is a very strong reason for the kernel community to NOT support
this: it makes it much harder to deal with bug reports.

Like it or not, English is a lingua franca[1] of the technology
industry.  When I deal with the rest of the kernel community, I use
English, instead of my native language (Swedish).

For things that are targetted toward end users, that's a different
matter, of course, but kernel messages are inherently directed toward
developers and technically sophisticated users.

	-hpa

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