On 7/30/09, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Michael J Gruber <git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> Isn't it more like "kernel of linux", which is pretty OK (at least in
>> English)?
>
> Google shows (in a query limited to Portuguese) 912000 hits for "kernel do
> Linux" and 6550 hits for "o Linux kernel", so as Thadeu already said, it
> appears to be not just "common", but "so common that practically nobody
> uses the other form."
>
> I do not know if there is a war between the factions that use these two
> phrases in Portuguese speaking community, but this smells somewhat similar
> to the "Is it Linux or GNU/Linux?" religious war. GNU/Linux example might
> be much more religious, as opposed to a lingusitc disagreement Thadeu's
> comment suggests the Portuguese situation is, though.
>
> Be it religious or linguistic, I'd rather not to see the war fought in our
> documentation. The documentation is not about the Linux kernel to begin
> with, and being easier to read and understand by using phrases more
> familiar to the readers is much more important than being technically and
> linguistically correct but risking to make novices stutter while reading
> due to uncommon wording.
>
Hi, Junio!
I surely won't argue with your pragmatic view, I do believe it's
good for the project, as you have mentioned.
Would you like to get another patch or can you adjust it himself
as you like?
Thanks,
Andre
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