Bug#671058: lintian: DEP-3 From field - name preceeds email

[Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>]

block 671058 by 602304
tags 671058 + moreinfo
tags 602304 + moreinfo
thanks

On 2012-05-01 16:51, Jari Aalto wrote:
> Package: lintian
> Version: 2.5.6
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> For debian/patches in DEP-3 format, please add some check to warn about
> headers like this (From/Author):
> 
>     From: <dfg@example.com>
>     Subject: Fix FTBFS ....
> 
> Something like:
> 
>     I: patches-header-from-missing-person-name
> 

Hi,

I believe I have already mentioned it in #602304, but DEP-3 does not
mandate that the from header is in a specific format.  Supposedly, the
format "mail@example.com (name)" variant is allowed too.
  Also, we still (to my knowledge) cannot relibly detect DEP-3 from
non-DEP-3 patches nor do we have a parser supporting the format (hench
the block on 602304).

> The tag description could suggest that the person name would be written in
> full; at least consisting of two words before <>:
> 
>     From: Firstname Lastname <dfg@example.com>
>     Subject: Fix FTBFS ....
> 
> There may be more than two words like in spanish names, but 99% of the cases
> people have at least two identification words for the first and last
> name/family name (like in Japan).
> 
> 

I believe you are incorrect here - allegedly there are places where
mononyms are common[1].  Personally I am aware of at least two people in
Debian with a mononym.

~Niels

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mononym#Countries_where_mononyms_are_normal