Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 2:00 PM David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
People get it wrong all the time.
People get it wrong all the time.
And even when you do it, you have issues with plural endings (which also have markers so that you *can* get it right, and nobody ever does) etc etc.
does) etc etc.
Really. It's a nasty nasty rat-hole, and it's a pain for everybody.
rat-hole, and it's a pain for everybody.
There's another reason I _fundamentally_ don't want translations for any kernel interfaces. Use the existing error numbers if you want internationalization, and live with the fact that you only get the very limited error number.
People get it wrong all the time.
And even when you do it, you have issues with plural endings (which also have markers so that you *can* get it right, and nobody ever does) etc etc.
does) etc etc.
Really. It's a nasty nasty rat-hole, and it's a pain for everybody.
rat-hole, and it's a pain for everybody.
There's another reason I _fundamentally_ don't want translations for any kernel interfaces. Use the existing error numbers if you want internationalization, and live with the fact that you only get the very limited error number.