Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 4 Dec 1998 12:55:22 -0500 (EST) | From | "Adam D. Bradley" <> | Subject | Re: Internationalizing Linux |
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On Fri, 4 Dec 1998, Drago Goricanec wrote:
> On 03 Dec 1998 16:25:16 +0100, Jes Sorensen writes: > > > We've had this discussion before, about a year ago I think, forget it > > once and for all, please. > > I think having messages appear in the sysadmin's native language has > merit. The front line for Linux support is moving away from this > list.
This subject has been beaten to death on this list, several times. All of the kernelspace solutions proposed are bloaty and exceptionally inefficient to keep consistent. And there is effectively _ZERO_ desire by the core developers to try to maintain such a beast.
If you really want kernel messages translated, hack dmesg and syslogd to do the translation. The set of kernel messages is finite, and userspace translation bloat is much more bearable than kernelspace. If that's just not good enough and you really really really really really really want all the printk()'s in your native language, create and maintain your own patch, just don't expect it to get into the mainstream kernel.
Once the system has booted, the kernel shouldn't normally have much to say anyway, and if it does, it is much more useful to this list in its present form. Concentrate on internationalizing userspace (glibc, gnome, etc), it's much more useful.
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