Re: [RFD] Documentation/HOWTO translated into Japanese

[Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>]

On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 02:18:18PM +0000, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> > 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.
> > 
> > That is totally different from internationalizing the internal kernel
> > messages (which, btw, some people are working on...)  That I would not
> > agree to as it's just too hard to keep up with and would be pointless in
> > a way.
> > 
> > So I really do want to see a translated copy of the HOWTO,
> > stable-api-nonsense.txt, and possibly a few other files in the main
> > kernel tree (SubmittingPatches, CodingStyle, and SubmittingDrivers might
> > all be good canidates for this.)  These files change relativly
> > infrequently (the HOWTO file has had only 7 changes in 1 and 1/2 years,
> > and they were very minor ones) and should be easy for the translators to
> > keep up with.
> 
> But what is the point of having them in tree?

Wider exposure.  It will greatly increase the "google-juice" of it and
helps out when pointing people at the needed information.

> Plus, I'm not even sure if we have enough space. There are lots of
> languages.

"space"?  Since when are we running out of space?  The kernel is "only"
growing at 10% a year and is a mere 8.1 million lines or so.  We have
plenty of space on the mirrors to take up :)

thanks,

greg k-h