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SubjectRe: Documentation of kernel messages (Summary)
Hi,
On 7/9/07, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
> Kunai, Takashi wrote:
> > (1) Your kernel development proposal will be greatly supported by
> > Japanese vendor community. At the same time, it needs support from the
> > kernel communities, as well.
>
> There is a very strong reason for the kernel community to NOT support
> this: it makes it much harder to deal with bug reports.
>
> Like it or not, English is a lingua franca[1] of the technology
> industry. When I deal with the rest of the kernel community, I use
> English, instead of my native language (Swedish).
>
> For things that are targetted toward end users, that's a different
> matter, of course, but kernel messages are inherently directed toward
> developers and technically sophisticated users.
>
I strongly agree with you.

Please keep kernel clean.
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