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

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Date: Thu, 16 May 2024 16:00:10 +0000
From: Kanak Shilledar <kanakshilledar111@...tonmail.com>
To: Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@...rochip.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: Re: [PATCH v1] Documentation: process: Revert "Document suitability of Proton Mail for kernel development"

On Thursday, May 16th, 2024 at 9:05 PM, Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org> wrote:

> 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.

Instead of completely removing the Proton Mail section, can we keep the mention about the Proton Mail bridge and the third-party hydroxide (https://github.com/emersion/hydroxide) bridge.

> --
> 2.43.0

Thanks and Regards,
Kanak Shilledar