Re: kernel support for non-english user messages

Bernd Petrovitsch
2003-04-09T09:26:25Z

Frank Davis <fdavis@si.rr.com> wrote:
>I'm not saying that the messages aren't in English; I'm saying that the

You just say it below: If the message on the console is in Spanish,
it is no longer in English.

>messages don't *only* have to be in English on the output. The message
>in the kernel could remain as is, but the output kernel message would be
>tailored in the default language of the user's machine, so for example a
>Spanish administrator or developer wouldn't need to know English to read
>the kernel output. I don't think we can assume that all
>administrators/users or developers have English as their primary language.

But as their secondary or whatever they can at least read a little
bit.
I assume you will translate all Spanish or Welsh or .. kernel-oops on
this mailing-list for non-Spanish-speakers and non-Welsh-speakers.

Bernd
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