Re: [RFD] Documentation/HOWTO translated into Japanese

Matthias Schniedermeyer
2007-06-11T07:24:22Z

Greg KH wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 10, 2007 at 07:56:52PM +0200, Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote:
>> Greg KH wrote:
>> I could see the point in ONE "HOWTO" file per language to get people
>> started, but everything else is a pointless exercise.
>> A developer/bug-reporter has to be able to express him-/herself in English
>> and understand English, otherwise you can not accomplish very much.
>
> Yes, but this file, and the stable-api-nonsense.txt files are there to
> help people understand both the kernel's philosophy, as well as
> encourage them to help contribute.

This was the part that i understood wrong.
I thought the point was a translation of Documentation/*.

A concur that translating this small set of files could be helpful.

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