From: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
To: 惠轶群 <huiyiqun@gmail.com>
Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
git@vger.kernel.org, Javier Domingo Cansino <javierdo1@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [GSoC] A late proposal: a modern send-email
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2016 00:03:06 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160405000306.GA4746@dcvr.yhbt.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKqreuzE6G0WO4gn2_R7-QfZYfVS2tuAMEnwiVE8FyNviJGD+Q@mail.gmail.com>
惠轶群 <huiyiqun@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2016-03-28 6:00 GMT+08:00 Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>:
> > While Gmail provides SMTP access, it was (last I was told)
> > incompatible with two-factor auth; so I've encountered users
> > unable to send patches with their normal 2FA-enabled accounts.
>
> That's the origin of this idea of `mailto`.
>
> In fact, you could send mail via 2FA-enabled accounts via
> "app password" metioned by Javier. But it's annoying to create
> "app password" for every client.
Since it seems possible to use 2FA with gmail, can either you
or Javier submit a patch to Documentation/git-send-email.txt
to update the Gmail-related section where
"Use gmail as the smtp server" is to describe how to use this
"app password"?
It's much easier to do than your entire GSoC proposal and would
be immediately useful to 2FA gmail users out there who don't
know this, yet or aren't running the latest git. Thanks.
>
> If there is a `mailto` method to send patch, you could type something
> like
>
> git send-patch --mailto origin/master..HEAD
>
> Then, gmail is launched with the content of patch in it. You could edit
> the list of `to` and `cc`(You could even take use of gmail contact). Then
> just send. That's all. No need to SMTP config or "app password" any
> more.
>
> > Maybe git hackers at Google have enough pull to lobby Gmail's
> > web interface to make it easier to send plain-text patches;
> > but I would love more to see users running local mail clients
> > and even running their own SMTP servers.
>
> Yes, this should be free with user to pick their favorite mail client.
>
> >> That may not be a "Git" project, but GSoC is not limited to Git ;-)
> >
> > Completely agreed; email is critical to decentralized development;
> > but I don't believe decentralization is in the best interests of
> > any large and powerful corporation.
> >
> > IMHO, what we need is a SoIS: Summer of Independent Sysadmins :>
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Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-03-25 17:59 [GSoC] A late proposal: a modern send-email 惠轶群
2016-03-25 18:16 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-03-26 2:13 ` 惠轶群
2016-03-26 6:18 ` Pranit Bauva
2016-03-26 9:52 ` 惠轶群
2016-03-26 10:18 ` 惠轶群
2016-03-26 10:21 ` 惠轶群
2016-03-28 16:49 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2016-03-29 4:17 ` 惠轶群
2016-03-29 23:47 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2016-03-30 12:10 ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-03-27 22:00 ` Eric Wong
2016-03-27 23:31 ` Javier Domingo Cansino
2016-03-28 13:00 ` 惠轶群
2016-04-05 0:03 ` Eric Wong [this message]
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