From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ms.lwn.net (ms.lwn.net [45.79.88.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 802642D3A80; Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:47:32 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1756183656; cv=none; b=TOxWqRDkhmGapS5AojlHcXeyINpqf57q2VO2YCsHahHBkm/mbUQ/yhoTXEoxl2YHAZrhZr6PClcdBYlKqIrg8Iz+6qqIfcf8tw+Pm74onCSh1ymCKExp5fnapy7RyOkaURairkeNC9ZhwJpSRNlu/vMPNQTlKAuCpV4TaRDxdyY= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1756183656; c=relaxed/simple; bh=WaPZVVjMhrpiv+RnuL+4O1L+T8RlvigGHVXnK7YFpts=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=Yf9jx0Og+4ekZsmDz2i3gnUPKlV13rP5xb8+u0RLvfy3cR31oVsMZt0IenlY/cQNW0DKdsbtk5W1BC2qofcxmAyHUghdzIapPXAx9sWwUMVMA2SvUa/UKTcPckVLTXviE++wniWDcwUjuWKL9h9LnhK45ybn0Rzs4z4p8iFC+v4= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b=Ledbbsfp; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b="Ledbbsfp" DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net BFA0740AE3 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1756183651; bh=a8+hWff1KQlSJOK0qvgkMuuSdA0Yy7c7M21npm8LnhM=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=Ledbbsfp74ooaF7euWH5BChITt0L5pS3h+6cEY/5/1QAkvt7jyQM36qZu9HjcS4/J RyjYjbmBy0LBr3iCRRh6nwe3kt7nEoS97rP8vBU5XEPhQCDbLx7rGf6QYrrsOB+Z+2 P3YXaYsaBuW6Z9R0rDIVpKoFlHTfAN+UQ8nbCC2PaizUy80FrDpdabpjoC1daWZ30l l8euCtwueVZ37hQ23Su4GqU14GKZbP1A9Ba3NmAUsbjx1Acq/KV1zdvf5m91xHepUN HYbeg7Ax/W2TYRtN2j4UMEvCmh72MAzRcCT7/mpD/WGrHBEo+/h8QjH3N+W6eNSzgv o4sgAAEQ1kGRA== Received: from localhost (mdns.lwn.net [45.79.72.68]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BFA0740AE3; Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:47:30 +0000 (UTC) From: Jonathan Corbet To: Bagas Sanjaya , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Linux Documentation , Linux Kernel Workflows Cc: Bagas Sanjaya , Fox Foster , Federico Vaga , Jonathan =?utf-8?Q?Neusch=C3=A4?= =?utf-8?Q?fer?= , Randy Dunlap Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: management-style: Correct "know" past participle In-Reply-To: <20250826003437.7695-2-bagasdotme@gmail.com> References: <20250826003437.7695-2-bagasdotme@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 22:47:28 -0600 Message-ID: <87349ed6zj.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: workflows@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Bagas Sanjaya writes: > Management style docs writes on people under a manager, where they know > the details better than the manager himself, in past perfect tense. Yet, > "know" is in infinitive form instead. > > Correct the verb form. > > Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya > --- > Documentation/process/management-style.rst | 4 ++-- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > 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 ... ? jon