Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759067AbXFSPbn (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:31:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756390AbXFSPbg (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:31:36 -0400 Received: from mx1.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:46220 "EHLO mx1.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756315AbXFSPbf (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:31:35 -0400 Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 08:31:11 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Li Yang-r58472 Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, TripleX Chung , Maggie Chen Subject: Re: [PATCH] Chinese translation of Documentation/HOWTO Message-ID: <20070619153111.GA24521@suse.de> References: <11822628633463-git-send-email-leoli@freescale.com> <989B956029373F45A0B8AF0297081890D82D5F@zch01exm26.fsl.freescale.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <989B956029373F45A0B8AF0297081890D82D5F@zch01exm26.fsl.freescale.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15 (2007-04-06) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1153 Lines: 25 On Tue, Jun 19, 2007 at 11:26:36PM +0800, Li Yang-r58472 wrote: > Hi all, > > I hope this document can get into the kernel tree. As I read through > the discussion about Japanese translation, there are quite some > arguments that one cannot do kernel development effectively without > solid English skill. As a non-native English speaker, I would say that > it is much easier to understand technical terms and effectively discuss > technical matters. But community policies and politics are different > things. They will be very painful for one who doesn't really grasp > English well. IMHO, having these policy documents in different > languages will greatly help these non-native speakers to contribute, > hence greatly benefit the Linux kernel community itself. I see no reason why it can not go in, I'll add it to my queue and you will get an automated email when it is applied. thanks, greg k-h - 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/