Re: [HACKERS] Adding Japanese README

2011-06-30 Thread Robert Haas
On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 1:49 AM, Hitoshi Harada wrote: > 2011/6/30 Itagaki Takahiro : >> On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 09:42, Tatsuo Ishii wrote: >>> BTW I will talk to some Japanese speaking developers about my idea if >>> community agree to add Japanese README to the source tree so that I am >>> not

Re: [HACKERS] Adding Japanese README

2011-06-30 Thread Peter Eisentraut
On tor, 2011-06-30 at 09:42 +0900, Tatsuo Ishii wrote: > Why don't you worry about message translations then? Translation is a > human process and there's no way to guaranteer the translation is > perfect. At least for message translations we have a process and sophisticated tools that ensure that

Re: [HACKERS] Adding Japanese README

2011-06-29 Thread Peter Eisentraut
On ons, 2011-06-29 at 18:48 -0500, Kevin Grittner wrote: > I think this needs a well-defined and sustainable *process*, not > just a set of volunteers. I'm skeptical that a workable process can > be devised, but I'm willing to be proven wrong. We had translated FAQs, each with a maintainer, which

Re: [HACKERS] Adding Japanese README

2011-06-29 Thread Hitoshi Harada
2011/6/30 Itagaki Takahiro : > On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 09:42, Tatsuo Ishii wrote: >> BTW I will talk to some Japanese speaking developers about my idea if >> community agree to add Japanese README to the source tree so that I am >> not the only one who are contributing this project >> >>> Now, if

Re: [HACKERS] Adding Japanese README

2011-06-29 Thread Michael Paquier
On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 10:43 AM, Tatsuo Ishii wrote: > > IMHO, the Wiki approach seems to be reasonable than a README file. > > It will be suitable for adding non-Japanese translations and > > non-core developer can join to translate or fix the docs. > > I doubt other than developers can transla

Re: [HACKERS] Adding Japanese README

2011-06-29 Thread Tatsuo Ishii
> IMHO, the Wiki approach seems to be reasonable than a README file. > It will be suitable for adding non-Japanese translations and > non-core developer can join to translate or fix the docs. I doubt other than developers can translate those README files since the words used in the files chosen to

Re: [HACKERS] Adding Japanese README

2011-06-29 Thread Itagaki Takahiro
On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 09:42, Tatsuo Ishii wrote: > BTW I will talk to some Japanese speaking developers about my idea if > community agree to add Japanese README to the source tree so that I am > not the only one who are contributing this project > >> Now, if someone wanted to set up a web site

Re: [HACKERS] Adding Japanese README

2011-06-29 Thread Tatsuo Ishii
>> My idea is defining "maintainer" for each README. Of course I am >> ready for Japanese one. > > That would only cover part of the problem, and not on a permanent > basis. > > How do you notice that a README has changed? Commit messages, obviously. > How does the community know when the cha

Re: [HACKERS] Adding Japanese README

2011-06-29 Thread Tatsuo Ishii
> I think this is basically a bad idea, because 90% of the developers will > be unable to update such a file when changing the source code, or even > verify whether it's an accurate translation. Thus it will inevitably > become out-of-date, and that seems worse than useless. I'm fairly > dubious

Re: [HACKERS] Adding Japanese README

2011-06-29 Thread Kevin Grittner
Tatsuo Ishii wrote: >> The obvious concern would be "drift". As README files are >> patched, someone would need to stay on top of the translation >> process. Any ideas on how that could be reasonably managed? > > My idea is defining "maintainer" for each README. Of course I am > ready for Japa

Re: [HACKERS] Adding Japanese README

2011-06-29 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Excerpts from Tom Lane's message of miƩ jun 29 19:24:07 -0400 2011: > Tatsuo Ishii writes: > > I would like to propose to add Japanese translated version of README > > in the source tree(for example against backend/storage/buffer/README). > > I think this is basically a bad idea, because 90% of t

Re: [HACKERS] Adding Japanese README

2011-06-29 Thread Tatsuo Ishii
>> I would like to propose to add Japanese translated version of >> README in the source tree > >> Comments? > > The obvious concern would be "drift". As README files are patched, > someone would need to stay on top of the translation process. Any > ideas on how that could be reasonably manag

Re: [HACKERS] Adding Japanese README

2011-06-29 Thread Tom Lane
Tatsuo Ishii writes: > I would like to propose to add Japanese translated version of README > in the source tree(for example against backend/storage/buffer/README). I think this is basically a bad idea, because 90% of the developers will be unable to update such a file when changing the source co

Re: [HACKERS] Adding Japanese README

2011-06-29 Thread Kevin Grittner
Tatsuo Ishii wrote: > I would like to propose to add Japanese translated version of > README in the source tree > Comments? The obvious concern would be "drift". As README files are patched, someone would need to stay on top of the translation process. Any ideas on how that could be reason