From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262848AbVFWXiA (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Jun 2005 19:38:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262578AbVFWXh7 (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Jun 2005 19:37:59 -0400 Received: from clock-tower.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:40373 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262894AbVFWXg0 (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Jun 2005 19:36:26 -0400 Subject: Re: PATCH: "Ok" -> "OK" in messages From: Alan Cox To: Tim Bird Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , David Woodhouse , "Sean M. Burke" , trivial@rustcorp.com.au In-Reply-To: <42BAE3B1.5010209@am.sony.com> References: <42985251.6030006@cpan.org> <1117279792.32118.11.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20050528125430.GB3870@ojjektum.uhulinux.hu> <42BAE3B1.5010209@am.sony.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1119569595.18898.66.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 00:33:19 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Iau, 2005-06-23 at 17:30, Tim Bird wrote: > Language neutrality is not a goal for kernel messages, > that I'm aware of. I disagree with this change because > it yields a net reduction in understanding what's going > on during booting. Just change the "Uncompressing" to "Decompressing". The other proposal of including the version is a good one as is correcting the "Ok". Whatever occurs porting the code into English can only be a good thing.