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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Chinese Language Maintainer
On Thu, 12 Jul 2007, Rob Landley wrote:
> --- /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.
^^^^^^^^^
languages

> +(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.
^^^^^^^^^^^
non-English
> +
> +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

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
-- Linus Torvalds
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