From: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux Documentation <linux-doc@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux Kernel Workflows <workflows@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: "Fox Foster" <fox@tardis.ed.ac.uk>,
"Federico Vaga" <federico.vaga@vaga.pv.it>,
"Jonathan Neuschäfer" <j.neuschaefer@gmx.net>,
"Randy Dunlap" <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: management-style: Correct "know" past participle
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 14:40:08 +0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2a66319f-63f1-408b-8815-89254d68b90b@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87349ed6zj.fsf@trenco.lwn.net>
On 8/26/25 11:47, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
>> diff --git a/Documentation/process/management-style.rst b/Documentation/process/management-style.rst
>> index dfbc69bf49d435..1381b253b19ef4 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/process/management-style.rst
>> +++ b/Documentation/process/management-style.rst
>> @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ actually true.
>> The name of the game is to **avoid** having to make a decision. In
>> particular, if somebody tells you "choose (a) or (b), we really need you
>> to decide on this", you're in trouble as a manager. The people you
>> -manage had better know the details better than you, so if they come to
>> +manage had better known the details than you, so if they come to
>> you for a technical decision, you're screwed. You're clearly not
>
> This seems actively wrong ... ?
>
What I thought on the original wording was that the people (i.e.
developers) know the (technical) details better than their manager.
And yeah, "better" was duplicated.
Thanks.
--
An old man doll... just what I always wanted! - Clara
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-08-26 7:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-08-26 0:34 [PATCH] Documentation: management-style: Correct "know" past participle Bagas Sanjaya
2025-08-26 4:47 ` Jonathan Corbet
2025-08-26 7:40 ` Bagas Sanjaya [this message]
2025-08-26 8:25 ` Stephen Rothwell
2025-08-26 14:46 ` Konstantin Ryabitsev
2025-08-26 15:22 ` Jonathan Corbet
2025-08-26 23:54 ` Bagas Sanjaya
2025-08-26 6:54 ` Randy Dunlap
2025-08-26 7:42 ` Bagas Sanjaya
2025-08-26 11:53 ` Matthew Wilcox
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