From: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>
To: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>,
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: "Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"Linux Documentation" <linux-doc@vger.kernel.org>,
"Linux Kernel Workflows" <workflows@vger.kernel.org>,
"Jonathan Neuschäfer" <j.neuschaefer@gmx.net>,
"Fox Foster" <fox@tardis.ed.ac.uk>,
"Federico Vaga" <federico.vaga@vaga.pv.it>,
"Stephen Rothwell" <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>,
"Konstantin Ryabitsev" <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>,
"Matthew Wilcox" <willy@infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation: management-style: Reword "had better known the details" phrase
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2025 06:08:19 +0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aLDhY00iaiMYV4Lg@archie.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <d0070beb-f6fd-477c-a315-a2c6db99c227@infradead.org>
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On Wed, Aug 27, 2025 at 09:18:57PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 8/27/25 9:12 PM, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 27, 2025 at 11:33:12AM +0200, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> >> Considering that "know" (noun) seems to be a shortcut
> >> for "knowledge", what about:
> >>
> >> They "had better knowledge about the details than you"
> >
> > That can be alternative.
>
> Nope, afraid not. Just leave it as is or (I think) 2 people have suggested
> something like "They should know better about the details than you".
Should I send v3 then using "should" wording as you mentioned?
Thanks.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-08-28 23:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-08-27 4:48 [PATCH v2] Documentation: management-style: Reword "had better known the details" phrase Bagas Sanjaya
2025-08-27 5:17 ` Randy Dunlap
2025-08-27 5:41 ` Jonathan Corbet
2025-08-27 9:33 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2025-08-27 11:28 ` Jonathan Corbet
2025-08-27 12:48 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2025-08-27 13:05 ` Jonathan Corbet
2025-08-27 13:49 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2025-08-27 14:10 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2025-08-28 4:12 ` Bagas Sanjaya
2025-08-28 4:18 ` Randy Dunlap
2025-08-28 23:08 ` Bagas Sanjaya [this message]
2025-08-28 23:19 ` Laurent Pinchart
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