linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 16/23] docs: translations: zh

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Date:   Mon, 1 Nov 2021 15:46:58 +0800
From:   Alex Shi <seakeel@...il.com>
To:     David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>,
        Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Alex Shi <alexs@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Wu XiangCheng <bobwxc@...il.cn>,
        Yanteng Si <siyanteng@...ngson.cn>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 16/23] docs: translations: zh_CN: memory-hotplug.rst:
 fix a typo

On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 3:08 PM David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> Dumb question that probably has been asked a couple of times already:
> why do we even maintain a translated doc in-tree?
>
> Every time I do an update on the original doc, I for sure can only guess
> which translated parts need updating. And I really can only update when
> "deleting", not when rewording/adding. So we'll be left with stale doc
> that will have to be updated manually by $whoever.

cc to the translation maintainers and translator would be helpful?

> I don't feel very
> confident about this. No translated doc is better than outdated
> translated doc.

Uh, I don't know other languages, but in Chinese, 15 years before
translated books are still selling well in China. :)
https://item.jd.com/1075130482.html  ->  Linux device driver
https://item.jd.com/10100237.html  -> Understanding linux kernel

Thanks
Alex

>
> This feels like something that should be maintained out of tree. My 2 cents.
>
> --
> Thanks,
>
> David / dhildenb
>