There's some inane gatekeeping pushback on this absolutely mild take, so let me say it loud and clear:

I'm a Senior Software Engineer at Google who works on cryptography and open source, and I find email-based patch submission a meaningful barrier. https://www.theregister.com/2020/08/25/linux_kernel_email/

Let me double down on the take though: mailing lists are intimidating and lack essential moderation tools, kernel development (and cryptography engineering) needs more young folks and sparkles, and gatekeepers can yeet themselves into the sun.

An OS developer I won't name blocked me for this tweet after he said plaintext email is only a problem for "people born 5 days ago, who want emoji in source and output".

Gatekeepers are fragile as fuck.