From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754582AbZHCVWQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Aug 2009 17:22:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753036AbZHCVWP (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Aug 2009 17:22:15 -0400 Received: from cpsmtpm-eml101.kpnxchange.com ([195.121.3.5]:50154 "EHLO CPSMTPM-EML101.kpnxchange.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752400AbZHCVWO (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Aug 2009 17:22:14 -0400 From: Frans Pop To: "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: MAINTAINERS: standardize James Bottomley's name Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 23:22:12 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.9 Cc: James.Bottomley@hansenpartnership.com, joe@perches.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <1249331570.5149.48.camel@Joe-Laptop.home> <1249332233.3943.211.camel@mulgrave.site> <1249332233.3943.211.camel@mulgrave.site> <4A77509A.3010401@zytor.com> In-reply-To: <4A77509A.3010401@zytor.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200908032322.14549.elendil@planet.nl> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Aug 2009 21:22:14.0939 (UTC) FILETIME=[78D9CEB0:01CA1480] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Now, obs- usually indicates an obsolete (deprecated > backwards-compatibility) production, but the text states: > > Note: The "period" (or "full stop") character (".") in obs-phrase is > not a form that was allowed in earlier versions of this or any other > standard. Period (nor any other character from specials) was not > allowed in phrase because it introduced a parsing difficulty > distinguishing between phrases and portions of an addr-spec (see > section 4.4). It appears here because the period character is > currently used in many messages in the display-name portion of > addresses, especially for initials in names, and therefore must be > interpreted properly. In the future, period may appear in the > regular syntax of phrase. Interesting. Does that mean that vger can stop refusing mails because they include an address that has an unquoted name with initials?