From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265173AbTLaQA3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Dec 2003 11:00:29 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265176AbTLaQA3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Dec 2003 11:00:29 -0500 Received: from pdbn-d9bb868a.pool.mediaWays.net ([217.187.134.138]:25619 "EHLO citd.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265173AbTLaQAP (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Dec 2003 11:00:15 -0500 Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 17:00:11 +0100 From: Matthias Schniedermeyer To: Xan Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: i18n for kernel 2.7.x? Message-ID: <20031231160011.GA13360@citd.de> References: <200312311332.15422.DXpublica@telefonica.net> <20031231125156.GA12588@citd.de> <200312311625.25178.DXpublica@telefonica.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200312311625.25178.DXpublica@telefonica.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 04:25:24PM +0100, Xan wrote: > Dimecres 31 Desembre 2003 13:51, en/na Matthias Schniedermeyer ( Schniedermeyer >) va escriure: > > > On Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 01:32:15PM +0100, Xan wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Just a thing: why not internationalization of kernel. That is, why not > > > that the kernel could display error or debug messages in different > > > languages (for example)? > > > > This is a FAQ. > > > > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/lkml/#s9-16 > > > > So it should be better to end this before it begins (again). > > It appears that you (kernel developers) have panic about it. Wow!. What a > contundent message!. It appears as a tabu topic. I'm not a kernel developer so i don't "panic". But this discussions comes up about every half a year and i know the outcome from the past. -> forget it. And btw. None of your points are "new(tm)" (including the part i striped in this mail) and all have be discussed (to death) in the past. The outcome was always: not practical and/or too much hassle for the developers and/or unmaintainable Btw2: "Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it; those who fail to learn history correctly -- why, they are simply doomed." (Andromeda (TV-Series), Season 1.3) Bis denn -- Real Programmers consider "what you see is what you get" to be just as bad a concept in Text Editors as it is in women. No, the Real Programmer wants a "you asked for it, you got it" text editor -- complicated, cryptic, powerful, unforgiving, dangerous.