On 8/25/25 5:34 PM, Bagas Sanjaya wrote: > 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. > Hi Bagas, I don't know about the patch description/argument/justification, but the wording makes no sense to me... > Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > 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 > competent to make that decision for them. > > @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ sure as hell shouldn't encourage them by promising them that what they > work on will be included. Make them at least think twice before they > embark on a big endeavor. > > -Remember: they'd better know more about the details than you do, and > +Remember: they'd better known more about the details than you do, and > they usually already think they have the answer to everything. The best > thing you can do as a manager is not to instill confidence, but rather a > healthy dose of critical thinking on what they do. > > base-commit: ee9a6691935490dc39605882b41b9452844d5e4e -- ~Randy
