Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1763951AbXFKAOb (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Jun 2007 20:14:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1760668AbXFKAOY (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Jun 2007 20:14:24 -0400 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:58881 "EHLO mailhub.stusta.mhn.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1760540AbXFKAOY (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Jun 2007 20:14:24 -0400 Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 02:14:34 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Denis Vlasenko Cc: Rene Herman , Sam Ravnborg , Greg KH , Jesper Juhl , Tsugikazu Shibata , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, m-ikeda@ds.jp.nec.com Subject: Re: kconfig .po files in kernel tree? [Was: Documentation/HOWTO translated into Japanese] Message-ID: <20070611001434.GD3588@stusta.de> References: <20070610.204845.115909592.tshibata@ab.jp.nec.com> <20070610175228.GA28947@uranus.ravnborg.org> <466C49DB.6040409@gmail.com> <200706110159.00482.vda.linux@googlemail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200706110159.00482.vda.linux@googlemail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15+20070412 (2007-04-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1360 Lines: 34 On Mon, Jun 11, 2007 at 01:59:00AM +0200, Denis Vlasenko wrote: > On Sunday 10 June 2007 20:58, Rene Herman wrote: > > All that stuff only serves to multiply the speed at which a fixed percentage > > of content obsoletes itself. When it's still new and shiny, sure, stuff will > > get translated but in no time at all it'll become a fragmented mess which > > nobody ever feels right about removing because that would be anti-social to > > all those poor non-english speaking kernel hackers out there. > > I agree. i18n efforts won't help one iota because people just have > to know English in order to participate in l-k development. > They should be able to read _and_ reply_ to lkml posts, > and read and understnd code _and_ comments_. >... Kconfig is different since the target audience and the majority of users are not kernel developers. > vda cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/