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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 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 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html