Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 10 Jun 2007 19:56:52 +0200 | From | Matthias Schniedermeyer <> | Subject | Re: [RFD] Documentation/HOWTO translated into Japanese |
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Greg KH wrote: > On Sun, Jun 10, 2007 at 02:24:51PM +0200, Jesper Juhl wrote: >> Since the common language of most kernel contributors is english I >> personally feel that we should stick to just that one language in the >> tree and then perhaps keep translations on a website somewhere. So the >> authoritative docs stay in the tree, in english, so that as many >> contributors as possible can read and update them. It would then be a >> seperate project to generate translations and keep them updated >> according to what's in the tree. Perhaps we could get the kernel.org >> people to create an official space for that and then place a pointer >> to that site in Documentation/ somewhere. > > No, I think the translated files should be in the tree proper, we have > the space :)
Frankly i don't see the difference between this and the annual reoccurring "why can't the kernel messages be localized" discussion. (Which is a little overdue, but maybe this replaces it this time.)
I could see the point in ONE "HOWTO" file per language to get people started, but everything else is a pointless exercise. A developer/bug-reporter has to be able to express him-/herself in English and understand English, otherwise you can not accomplish very much.
All the points of the localized-messages discussion: - You have to have a common language, otherwise you can't communicate. - The translation will per definition be out of sync - Translations tend to introduce (translation-)errors - ... also apply here.
A little anecdote: Very Long ago (last millennium i think) SuSE defaulted to a german translated kernel for one release of their distribution. (And optionally for a few more) But even though i'm german i couldn't understand a single word.
And here is the FAQ-Entry about the annually reoccurring discussion: http://www.tux.org/lkml/#s9-16
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