Re: [PATCH RESEND v1] docs/zh_CN: add zh_CN translation for memory-barriers.txt

From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Mon Aug 14 2023 - 08:51:37 EST


Yanteng Si <siyanteng@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> 在 2023/8/14 10:40, Gang Li 写道:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 2023/8/12 19:00, Yanteng Si wrote:
>>> 在 2023/8/11 16:08, Gang Li 写道:
>>>> +译注:
>>>> +本文仅为方便汉语阅读,不保证与英文版本同步;
>>>> +若有疑问,请阅读英文版本;
>>>> +若有翻译问题,请通知译者;
>>>> +若想修改文档,也请先修改英文版本。
>>>
>>> In fact, we already have an easier way to do this, just include
>>> disclaimer-zh_CN.
>>>
>>> If you observe the files under .../zh_CN/, they all have a similar
>>> header, and we can completely follow them.
>>>
>> Thanks. I just noticed that there are txt files under
>> "zh_CN/arch/arm64/" and "zh_CN/video4linux/". They have the same
>> header, and I will
>> refer to them in v2.
>>
>>> But you should also have noticed that memory-barriers are not a
>>> standard rst file and will not be built, which will result in it only
>>> staying in the development tree.
>>> It won't appear at:
>> https://docs.kernel.org
>> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
>>
>> But people can still access the txt document in this way:
>> https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
>>
>>> Finally, this patch is too huge and we may need some time to review it.
>>>
>> Of course. Would it be more convenient if I split the file into multiple
>> patches and send them as one series?
> You didn't have to.
>
>
> If you want to send a series, you can refactor the original document
> into rst format and make it the first patch of the series.
>
> Just like:
>
> [PATCH  v2 0/2] docs: Refactor memory-barriers.txt and translate it into
> Chinese
>
> [PATCH  v2 1/2] docs: convert memory-barriers.txt to RST

For $REASONS, memory-barriers.txt is staying as .txt, thus, as Gang Li
pointed out, the wrapper page that pulls it in. The proper solution is
to create a wrapper for the translated .txt file as well.

Thanks,

jon