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! -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ in the beginning was the boot and root floppies and they were good. ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ -- <willmore> on #linux-sunxi ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀
