From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S939403AbXGSSSq (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:18:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932403AbXGSSSf (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:18:35 -0400 Received: from TYO201.gate.nec.co.jp ([202.32.8.193]:51311 "EHLO tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932094AbXGSSSe (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:18:34 -0400 Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 03:06:36 +0900 (JST) Message-Id: <20070720.030636.68037027.tshibata@ab.jp.nec.com> To: leo@zh-kernel.org Cc: rob@landley.net, gh@us.ibm.com, hpa@zytor.com, kunai@linux-foundation.jp, holzheu@linux.vnet.ibm.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, lf_kernel_messages@linux-foundation.org, tshibata@ab.jp.nec.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] Chinese Language Maintainer From: Tsugikazu Shibata X-Mailer: Mew version 4.2 on Emacs 20.7 / Mule 4.1 =?iso-2022-jp?B?KBskQjAqGyhCKQ==?= Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:24:07 +0800, leo wrote: (snip) > Here is the helper process I propose to help more people to participate. > Suggestions and comments are welcomed. I think this seems mostly good. I will try to comment a bit. > 1) Developer who can't speak English or has a problem going through the I think early stage of developer may have "difficulty of using English". I think this may better than "can't speak". > submission process sends patches to the Language maintainer and cc the > local mail list provided. > 2) Language maintainer and experienced Linux developer on the local mail > list can review the patch and give comments in native language. In the review process, translated document of HOWTO, SubmittingPatches, CodingStyle and SummitChecklist are used in the local mail list. > 3) When the language maintainer thinks the patch is good in general, he > will pass the patch onto corresponding subsystem maintainer and mail > list for further review, cc the author and local list. > 4) The author communicates directly with the community. > 5) If the author has a problem understanding the comments or expressing > himself in English, he can ask for help in native language on the local > list. The language maintainer and the developers on the list are > responsible to help out. > 6) When the developer gets familiar with the submission process and can > go through it with no problem, he can then submit patch directly without > the helper process and probably join the mail list to help other new > developer. > > - Leo >