linux-kernel - [PATCH v1] Documentation: process: Revert "Document suitability of Proton Mail for kernel development"

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Date: Thu, 16 May 2024 16:35:23 +0100
From: Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc: conor@...nel.org,
	Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@...rochip.com>,
	kanakshilledar111@...tonmail.com,
	Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
	workflows@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v1] Documentation: process: Revert "Document suitability of Proton Mail for kernel development"

From: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@...rochip.com>

Revert commit 1d2ed9234c85 ("Documentation: process: Document
suitability of Proton Mail for kernel development") as Proton disabled
WKD for kernel.org addresses as a result of some interaction with
Konstantin on social.kernel.org

Signed-off-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@...rochip.com>
---

I tried to find the stuff on social.korg to provide a link
but could not.

CC: kanakshilledar111@...tonmail.com
CC: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@...uxfoundation.org>
CC: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
CC: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
CC: workflows@...r.kernel.org
CC: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
CC: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
---
 Documentation/process/email-clients.rst | 20 --------------------
 1 file changed, 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/process/email-clients.rst b/Documentation/process/email-clients.rst
index 471e1f93fa09..fc2c46f3f82d 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/email-clients.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/email-clients.rst
@@ -350,23 +350,3 @@ although tab2space problem can be solved with external editor.
 
 Another problem is that Gmail will base64-encode any message that has a
 non-ASCII character. That includes things like European names.
-
-Proton Mail
-***********
-
-Proton Mail has a "feature" where it looks up keys using Web Key Directory
-(WKD) and encrypts mail to any recipients for which it finds a key.
-Kernel.org publishes the WKD for all developers who have kernel.org accounts.
-As a result, emails sent using Proton Mail to kernel.org addresses will be
-encrypted.
-Unfortunately, Proton Mail does not provide a mechanism to disable the
-automatic encryption, viewing it as a privacy feature.
-The automatic encryption feature is also enabled for mail sent via the Proton
-Mail Bridge, so this affects all outgoing messages, including patches sent with
-``git send-email``.
-Encrypted mail adds unnecessary friction, as other developers may not have mail
-clients, or tooling, configured for use with encrypted mail and some mail
-clients may encrypt responses to encrypted mail for all recipients, including
-the mailing lists.
-Unless a way to disable this "feature" is introduced, Proton Mail is unsuited
-to kernel development.
-- 
2.43.0