On 6/10/24 13:44, Carlos Bilbao wrote: > Hello Matic, > > On 6/7/24 14:11, Matthew Wilcox wrote: >> On Fri, Jun 07, 2024 at 05:45:10PM +0000, Matic Urbanija wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> first of all, I'm terribly sorry if this isn't the right place to ask about translation. I sent an email to helpdesk but so far no answer from them. >> This is the right place! >> >>> My name is Matic Urbanija, I am a teacher at Vegova - Upper Secondary School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Technical Gymnasium Ljubljana, Slovenia (https://www.vegova.si/about-us-vegova/). >>> >>> I would like to translate kernel documentation into Slovenian language. Maybe some of my students would also like to participate. >>> >>> Are there some special requirements or procedures which have to be fulfilled before starting translation project? What is the proper or recommend way to start to translate the kernel documentation? >> Start by creating Documentation/translations/sl/ (the iso639 code for Slovenian) >> Add an entry to Documentation/translations/index.rst >> Add Documentation/translations/sl/index.rst > > Your first commit will probably resemble this: > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?h=next-20240607&id=444064185df7c4b0f7bb41e25b1bb197a1e4a918 > but, please, don't add yourself to MAINTAINERS if you aren't willing to review > future contributions (maintaining). > This is a fantastic way to introduce your students to the kernel > contribution process. Note they should at least have a basic understanding > of operating systems and low-level languages (mostly C) to translate > effectively. > Feel free to add my email in CC in future communications so I can help. > By the way, next time you probably want to CC linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx so we can easily search for this thread (e.g., in lkml.org). >> Now start adding documents ;-) >> >> You can send patches to this mailing list for Jon to apply to the >> documentation tree for merging. >> > Thanks, > Carlos Thanks, Carlos >
