Ansgar writes:
> There is an updated version (RFC 5322) that should be used instead.
> Notably RFC 5322 is more restrictive on the local part (whitespace and
> escape sequences are no longer allowed except as obsolete syntax).
> Furthermore RFC 6532 extends RFC 5322 and allows non-ascii-UTF-8
On Fri, Jun 05, 2020 at 04:35:54PM +0200, Adam Borowski wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 05, 2020 at 03:35:23PM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 05, 2020 at 03:23:11PM +0200, Ansgar wrote:
> > > There is an updated version (RFC 5322) that should be used instead.
> > > Notably RFC 5322 is more
On Fri, Jun 05, 2020 at 03:35:23PM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 05, 2020 at 03:23:11PM +0200, Ansgar wrote:
> > There is an updated version (RFC 5322) that should be used instead.
> > Notably RFC 5322 is more restrictive on the local part (whitespace and
> > escape sequences are no
On Fri, 2020-06-05 at 15:35 +0200, Bill Allombert wrote:
> Are there packages actually using the obsolete syntax ?
Not checked yet. Stuff probably breaks with whitespace in local parts.
> Can this be checked by Lintian ?
Lintian uses Email::Address::XS. That seems to allow Unicode (allowed
by
On Fri, 2020-06-05 at 15:23 +0200, Ansgar wrote:
> So, Policy should probably:
> - Refer to RFC 5322.
> - Forbid the obsolete syntax (RFC 5322, Section 4 "Obsolete Syntax").
> - Allow the extensions from RFC 6532.
Maybe Policy should also refer to either `mailbox` or `name-addr` for
the
On Fri, Jun 05, 2020 at 03:23:11PM +0200, Ansgar wrote:
> Package: debian-policy
>
> 5.6.2 Maintainer currently states:
>
> +---
> | The package maintainer’s name and email address. The name must come
> | first, then the email address inside angle brackets <> (in RFC822
> | format).
> |
> | If
Package: debian-policy
5.6.2 Maintainer currently states:
+---
| The package maintainer’s name and email address. The name must come
| first, then the email address inside angle brackets <> (in RFC822
| format).
|
| If the maintainer’s name contains a full stop then the whole field
| will not
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