Re: [PATCH]Documentation: Chinese translation of Documentation/arm/kernel_user_helpers.txt

Dave Martin
2012-10-31T11:02:20Z

On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 03:03:49PM -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 12:20:04AM +0800, Tekkaman Ninja wrote:
> > This is a Chinese translated version of
> > Documentation/arm/kernel_user_helpers.txt
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Fu Wei <tekkamanninja@gmail.com>
>
> I wonder if it woiuld be a good idea to note the git commit id of the
> kernel version that was used as the source document for the
> translation. That way in the future, someone can just do a "git log
> -p" to find all of the changes since the original version of the
> translation, and use that to update the translation.
>
> Just a suggestion,

What's the best way of making sure that changes in the source document
propagate to translated versions?

It might be enough to put a note in the source document to remind people
to check for the extistence of translated versions and CC the relevant
translation maintianers with any patches affecting the source document.

Cheers
---Dave