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

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Message-ID: <20070804035038.GA23330@suse.de>
Date:	Fri, 3 Aug 2007 20:50:38 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>
Cc:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
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Subject: Re: Documentation of kernel messages (Summary)

On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 03:32:04PM -0400, Rob Landley wrote:
> On Friday 03 August 2007 1:11:55 pm Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 15:53:06 -0400 Rob Landley wrote:
> > > On Sunday 15 July 2007 12:28:06 pm Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > > > On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 21:56:15 -0400 Rob Landley wrote:
> > > > > On Friday 13 July 2007 11:54:41 pm Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > > > > > > If there's interest, I can push some patches to clean up
> > > > > > > Documentation by moving files into subdirectories, but
> > > > > > > Documentation's not well-suited to link out to the web.  (You
> > > > > > > need html for that, and it's text.)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I think that you should start moving Documentation/ files around
> > > > > > and adding subdirectories -- if you are pretty sure of where they
> > > > > > should go (i.e., they won't likely be moved again later on).
> > > > >
> > > > > You mean like these?
> > > > > http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0705.3/2925.html
> > > > > http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0705.3/2924.html
> > > >
> > > > Yes.  Have any of these been merged?
> > >
> > > Not that I know of.  They seemed to meet with resounding indifference, so
> > > I went on to other things...
> >
> > You need to be persistent.  Please re-submit this.
> 
> Greg KH thinks it's a good idea to add language directories to the top level 
> of Documentation, and there are slightly more than two of those:
> http://www.translatorscafe.com/cafe/Help.asp?HelpID=59
> 
> Since you think it's worth doing, I'll resubmit the work I've already done 
> here, but I no longer think trying to shovel Documentation into some 
> semblance of order against the will of people like Greg is a good use of 
> time.

My "will" is only that some of these documents be translated _and_ put
in the main kernel source tree.  I really have no opinion on where they
need to go within that directory.  If you have a better place for them,
please let me know.

thanks,

greg k-h
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