Re: [PATCH] Chinese Language Maintainer

2007-07-19 Thread Tsugikazu Shibata
On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:24:07 +0800, leo wrote: (snip) > Here is the helper process I propose to help more people to participate. > Suggestions and comments are welcomed. I think this seems mostly good. I will try to comment a bit. > 1) Developer who can't speak English or has a problem going t

Re: [PATCH] Chinese Language Maintainer

2007-07-17 Thread Rob Landley
On Tuesday 17 July 2007 12:24:07 pm Li Yang wrote: > Here is the helper process I propose to help more people to participate. > Suggestions and comments are welcomed. > > 1) Developer who can't speak English or has a problem going through the > submission process sends patches to the Language mai

Re: [PATCH] Chinese Language Maintainer

2007-07-17 Thread Li Yang
Tsugikazu Shibata wrote: On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 22:42:07 +0800, leo wrote: On 7/14/07, Rob Landley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Friday 13 July 2007 8:43:03 am Li Yang wrote: On Thu, 2007-07-12 at 12:05 -0400, Rob Landley wrote: +A language maintainer accepts patches to the Linux kernel, written

Re: [PATCH] Chinese Language Maintainer

2007-07-17 Thread Ganesan Rajagopal
> Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> preferred. Moreover, technical education is completely in English. I don't >> see much value in translating developer documentation into Indian >> languages. User documentation is another story. > I am not convinced that users do not become developer

Re: [PATCH] Chinese Language Maintainer

2007-07-16 Thread Alan Cox
> preferred. Moreover, technical education is completely in English. I don't > see much value in translating developer documentation into Indian > languages. User documentation is another story. I am not convinced that users do not become developers, nor that we should have language barriers that

Re: [PATCH] Chinese Language Maintainer

2007-07-16 Thread Dr. Keith G. Bowden
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Re: [PATCH] Chinese Language Maintainer

2007-07-16 Thread Ganesan Rajagopal
> Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > That aside, please remember that Europe as a whole is a small place on the > bigger world stage. The total volume of potential developers in the huge > and rapidly modernising nations like India and China is vast, and there > are large highly skilled te

Re: [PATCH] Chinese Language Maintainer

2007-07-15 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Tsugikazu Shibata wrote: > > Yes, In Japan, situation is mostly the same. > We are trying to increase number of Linux community developer with > Linux Foundation Japan or CELF people in Japan. > In our discussion, the problem is not only Language. > > In case of some developer, once he step forwa

Re: [PATCH] Chinese Language Maintainer

2007-07-15 Thread Tsugikazu Shibata
On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 22:42:07 +0800, leo wrote: > On 7/14/07, Rob Landley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Friday 13 July 2007 8:43:03 am Li Yang wrote: > > > On Thu, 2007-07-12 at 12:05 -0400, Rob Landley wrote: > > > > +A language maintainer accepts patches to the Linux kernel, written in > > >

Re: [PATCH] Chinese Language Maintainer

2007-07-15 Thread Rene Herman
On 07/15/2007 08:12 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote: Li Yang wrote: I think you worried too much about this problem. :) Let me explain the situation here in China more clearly. Actually, English is mandatory in most schools and universities. Only very few people learn other language as a second lang

Re: [PATCH] Chinese Language Maintainer

2007-07-15 Thread Rik van Riel
H. Peter Anvin wrote: Alan Cox wrote: Key documents in other languages is a big help, especially those about values, culture and standards because they are things that are not easy to understand if your use of English is technically oriented. In that sense, a translation of "Linux Kernel In

Re: [PATCH] Chinese Language Maintainer

2007-07-15 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Alan Cox wrote: > O> Actually, I disagree. English *is* the second language learned in >> school for most European developers (except, obviously, the ones from >> the British isles), and we don't have that problem. > > Not all those from the British Isles. A first language an English as > school

Re: [PATCH] Chinese Language Maintainer

2007-07-15 Thread Li Yang
On 7/16/07, H. Peter Anvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Li Yang wrote: > > I think you worried too much about this problem. :) Let me explain > the situation here in China more clearly. Actually, English is > mandatory in most schools and universities. Only very few people > learn other languag

Re: [PATCH] Chinese Language Maintainer

2007-07-15 Thread Alan Cox
O> Actually, I disagree. English *is* the second language learned in > school for most European developers (except, obviously, the ones from > the British isles), and we don't have that problem. Not all those from the British Isles. A first language an English as school language is not that uncom

Re: [PATCH] Chinese Language Maintainer

2007-07-15 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Li Yang wrote: > > I think you worried too much about this problem. :) Let me explain > the situation here in China more clearly. Actually, English is > mandatory in most schools and universities. Only very few people > learn other language as a second language. Therefore software > developer

Re: [PATCH] Chinese Language Maintainer

2007-07-15 Thread Li Yang
On 7/14/07, Rob Landley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Friday 13 July 2007 8:43:03 am Li Yang wrote: > On Thu, 2007-07-12 at 12:05 -0400, Rob Landley wrote: > > +A language maintainer accepts patches to the Linux kernel, written in C, > > from +authors who do not also speak English. The language

Re: [PATCH] Chinese Language Maintainer

2007-07-13 Thread Rob Landley
On Friday 13 July 2007 8:43:03 am Li Yang wrote: > 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 Yan

Re: [PATCH] Chinese Language Maintainer

2007-07-13 Thread Rob Landley
On Thursday 12 July 2007 4:02:47 pm Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > > @@ -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 > > choose? I was trying for past tense. > > +A language maint

Re: [PATCH] Chinese Language Maintainer

2007-07-13 Thread Li Yang
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

Re: [PATCH] Chinese Language Maintainer

2007-07-13 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Thu, 12 Jul 2007, Pavel Machek wrote: > > @@ -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 > > choose? >From `dict choose': Choose \Choose\, v. t. [imp. {Chose}; p. p. {Chose

Re: [PATCH] Chinese Language Maintainer

2007-07-12 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! > @@ -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 choose? > +A language maintainer accepts patches to the Linux kernel, written in C, from > +authors who do not also speak Engli

Re: [PATCH] Chinese Language Maintainer

2007-07-12 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Thu, 12 Jul 2007, Rob Landley wrote: > --- /dev/null 2007-04-23 11:59:00.0 -0400 > +++ linux-2.6/Documentation/language-maintainers.txt 2007-07-12 > 11:49:20.0 -0400 > @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ > +The langauges in which the Linux kernel is developed are C and English. ^

[PATCH] Chinese Language Maintainer

2007-07-12 Thread Rob Landley
Proposed patch adding Li Yang to MAINTAINERS, and Documentation describing what a language maintainer is. Signed-off-by: Rob Landley <[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.