Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 22 Jun 2007 03:23:54 +0000 | From | "dave young" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Chinese translation of Documentation/HOWTO |
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Hi, 2007/6/22, Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>: > On Thursday 21 June 2007 10:40:17 Li Yang wrote: > > This is a Chinese translated version of Documentation/HOWTO. Currently > > Chinese involvement in Linux kernel is very low, especially comparing to > > its largest population base. Language could be the main obstacle. Hope > > this document will help more Chinese to contribute to Linux kernel. > > I'm putting together a kernel documentation directory at http://kernel.org/doc > and I could easily add translations in there. I just don't know if this is a > good idea. >
I think it's not a good idea to merge translations into kernel.
> The problem is, the submission of patches happens on the various kernel.org > mailing lists, which are all in English. Kernel development is done in a > single common language: English. (If you'd like to argue for it to be done > in another language, please make the proposal in Linus's native Swedish.) >
Yes, I agree with you, and there's so many other languages, It's better for someone to create a standalone kdoc translation project than to merge them into kernel.
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