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From:   Alex Shi <seakeel@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 1 Nov 2021 15:46:58 +0800
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 16/23] docs: translations: zh_CN: memory-hotplug.rst:
 fix a typo
To:     David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
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        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>,
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        Alex Shi <alexs@kernel.org>,
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On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 3:08 PM David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.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 No translated doc is better than outdated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
>