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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