Re: Bug#962277: debian-policy: Maintainer address: move away from RFC822 to RFC5322 + RFC6532
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 longer allowed except as obsolete syntax).
> >
> > Furthermore RFC 6532 extends RFC 5322 and allows non-ascii-UTF-8 in
> > local parts (and other places). That should probably be allowed as
> > well.
> >
> > So, Policy should probably:
> > - Refer to RFC 5322.
> > - Forbid the obsolete syntax (RFC 5322, Section 4 "Obsolete Syntax").
> Are there packages actually using the obsolete syntax ? Can this be
> checked by Lintian ?
Running Lintian on the whole archive is costly. Thus:
Ansgar, you're far more knowledgeable on the syntax in question than most if
not all of us here. Thus, could you please run your check on the contents
of /var/lib/apt/lists/*_Sources ?
Meow!
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