Bug#509935: decide whether Uploaders is parsed per RFC 5322

[Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>]

On Sun, Aug 03, 2014 at 04:51:28PM +1000, Stuart Prescott wrote:
> Control: block 686638 by 509935
> 
> Hi!
> 
> I quite like Jakub's suggestion that we use /\>\K\s*,\s*/ to split the list of 
> Uploaders. It's very permissive and will suit our needs for this field but 
> doesn't imply a large amount of overhead for parsers of the field or require 
> parsers to deal with the full gamut of possibilities that the various RFCs 
> would permit if we referenced only them.
> 
> In practical terms, what is required now to wrap this up? 

I would say:

- Review whether the current Uploaders fields are compliant with this.

- Review whether tools that parse the Uploaders field does it in a 
safe way.

- Actually write the proposal.

Cheers,
-- 
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>

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