On Mon, 26 Sep 2022 08:48:50 -0400
"Bruce Ashfield" <bruce.ashfield@gmail.com> wrote:

> git send-email is heavily used, both in the OE ecosystem and many
> others. I'm not sure I follow what security concerns you might have
> with it .. but if you have anything specific let us know. Because it
> would affect all projects using it!

Thank you for all the information!

As I understand, git send-email connects directly to an SMTP server to
send out the patch. Inside a company network this could be a problem
because it's usually not allowed that an arbitrary binary can send
emails directly, at least in my experience.


> I consider this a request to backport, so I've cherry-picked the patch
> and merged it to kirkstone.

Thanks!

Guenther