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 the maintainer’s name contains a full stop then the whole field > | will not work directly as an email address due to a misfeature in the > | syntax specified in RFC822 > +--- > > 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").
Hello Ansgar, Are there packages actually using the obsolete syntax ? Can this be checked by Lintian ? Cheers, -- Bill. <ballo...@debian.org> Imagine a large red swirl here.
