On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 3:08 PM David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Dumb question that probably has been asked a couple of times already: > why do we even maintain a translated doc in-tree? > > Every time I do an update on the original doc, I for sure can only guess > which translated parts need updating. And I really can only update when > "deleting", not when rewording/adding. So we'll be left with stale doc > that will have to be updated manually by $whoever. cc to the translation maintainers and translator would be helpful? > I don't feel very > confident about this. No translated doc is better than outdated > translated doc. Uh, I don't know other languages, but in Chinese, 15 years before translated books are still selling well in China. :) https://item.jd.com/1075130482.html -> Linux device driver https://item.jd.com/10100237.html -> Understanding linux kernel Thanks Alex > > This feels like something that should be maintained out of tree. My 2 cents. > > -- > Thanks, > > David / dhildenb >
