On Thu, 2007-07-12 at 12:05 -0400, Rob Landley wrote: > Proposed patch adding Li Yang to MAINTAINERS, and Documentation > describing what a language maintainer is. > > Signed-off-by: Rob Landley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Li Yang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- > > On Thursday 12 July 2007 9:53:54 am Li Yang-r58472 wrote: > > > > > I'm trying to establish. > > > > > > A list works fine as a point of contact. I note that in general, > > maintainers > > > are individuals (who delegate like mad, of course), because otherwise > > agenda > > > items languish with everyone thinking it's someone else's > > responsibility. > > > > Got it. I can do it as long as it doesn't consume too much time. :) > > Woot! See attached patch and sign-off-by if you want the job. :) > > The bit about "the maintainer forwards, not the list" is a suggestion to > prevent duplicates. It doesn't mean you can't delegate, just that if it's > open season on the list translating stuff _and_ forwarding it, then > linux-kernel will get dupes. (Plus other maintainers are more likely > to pay attention to somebody they've heard from before.) > > Greg KH had entire an OLS presentation about how the developer -> > maintainer -> subsystem -> anderew+linus forwarding is more > an ideal than a reality, but at least it gives us a frame of reference > to diverge from: > http://lwn.net/Articles/240402/ > > diff -r edfd2d6f670d MAINTAINERS > --- a/MAINTAINERS Tue Jul 10 17:51:13 2007 -0700 > +++ b/MAINTAINERS Thu Jul 12 11:51:19 2007 -0400 > @@ -2146,6 +2146,13 @@ W: http://auxdisplay.googlepages.com/ > W: http://auxdisplay.googlepages.com/ > S: Maintained > > +LANGUAGE (CHINESE) > +P: Li Yang > +M: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > +L: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > +W: http://zh-kernel.org > +S: Maintained > + > LAPB module > L: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > S: Orphan > --- /dev/null 2007-04-23 11:59:00.000000000 -0400 > +++ linux-2.6/Documentation/language-maintainers.txt 2007-07-12 > 11:49:20.000000000 -0400 > @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ > +The langauges in which the Linux kernel is developed are C and English. > +(Note that Linus Torvalds' native language is Swedish, yet he chose > +to hold technical discussions in English.) > + > +The job of a language maintainer is to provide a point of contact for > +non-english speaking developers who wish to merge their patches into the > +Linux kernel. Each language needs a specific language maintainer, who > +accepts non-english patch submissions on behalf of the Linux kernel. > + > +A language maintainer accepts patches to the Linux kernel, written in C, from > +authors who do not also speak English. The language maintainer translates > the > +description of each patch into English, forwards the patches to linux-kernel > +and to the appropriate maintainers for inclusion in the Linux kernel, and > +translates questions and replies about such patches as part of the > +patch review process. In addiction to this responsibility, I would like to add two more which, in my opinion, are more important. And these are what I'm trying to do. :) First, promoting contribution to Linux kernel in local language. Second, coordinate the translation effort of key kernel documents. > + > +Some language maintainers provide a mailing list as a point of contact, to > +distribute the translation work, but the maintainer is still the person who > +ultimately forwards the results (to prevent duplicates), and the one to > contact > +if patches and questions don't get translated and forwarded in a timely > fashion. > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
