2024-05-16 15:35:46

by Conor Dooley

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

From: Conor Dooley <[email protected]>

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 <[email protected]>
---

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

CC: [email protected]
CC: Konstantin Ryabitsev <[email protected]>
CC: Mark Brown <[email protected]>
CC: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]>
CC: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]
---
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



2024-05-16 16:00:46

by Kanak Shilledar

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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 <[email protected]> wrote:

> From: Conor Dooley [email protected]
>
>
> 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 [email protected]
>
> ---
>
> I tried to find the stuff on social.korg to provide a link
> but could not.
>
> CC: [email protected]
> CC: Konstantin Ryabitsev [email protected]
>
> CC: Mark Brown [email protected]
>
> CC: Jonathan Corbet [email protected]
>
> CC: [email protected]
> CC: [email protected]
> CC: [email protected]
> ---
> 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

2024-05-16 16:04:28

by Conor Dooley

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

On Thu, May 16, 2024 at 04:00:10PM +0000, Kanak Shilledar wrote:
> On Thursday, May 16th, 2024 at 9:05 PM, Conor Dooley <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > From: Conor Dooley [email protected]
> >
> >
> > 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 [email protected]
> >
> > ---
> >
> > I tried to find the stuff on social.korg to provide a link
> > but could not.
> >
> > CC: [email protected]
> > CC: Konstantin Ryabitsev [email protected]
> >
> > CC: Mark Brown [email protected]
> >
> > CC: Jonathan Corbet [email protected]
> >
> > CC: [email protected]
> > CC: [email protected]
> > CC: [email protected]
> > ---
> > 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.

I think that is probably reasonable, but I think writing the replacement
text is up to someone who actually uses protonmail.


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2024-05-17 09:09:16

by Kanak Shilledar

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






Sent with Proton Mail secure email.

On Thursday, May 16th, 2024 at 9:34 PM, Conor Dooley <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Thu, May 16, 2024 at 04:00:10PM +0000, Kanak Shilledar wrote:
>
> > On Thursday, May 16th, 2024 at 9:05 PM, Conor Dooley [email protected] wrote:
> >
> > > From: Conor Dooley [email protected]
> > >
> > > 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 [email protected]
> > >
> > > ---
> > >
> > > I tried to find the stuff on social.korg to provide a link
> > > but could not.
> > >
> > > CC: [email protected]
> > > CC: Konstantin Ryabitsev [email protected]
> > >
> > > CC: Mark Brown [email protected]
> > >
> > > CC: Jonathan Corbet [email protected]
> > >
> > > CC: [email protected]
> > > CC: [email protected]
> > > CC: [email protected]
> > > ---
> > > 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.
>
>
> I think that is probably reasonable, but I think writing the replacement
> text is up to someone who actually uses protonmail.

Alright! I will tryout hydroxide and roll out another patch in near future.
For now the patch looks good.

Reviewed-by: Kanak Shilledar <[email protected]>

Thanks and Regards,
Kanak Shilledar

2024-05-30 19:40:31

by Jonathan Corbet

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

Conor Dooley <[email protected]> writes:

> From: Conor Dooley <[email protected]>
>
> 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 <[email protected]>
> ---

Applied, thanks.

jon