[Python-Dev] Mercurial migration: progress report (PEP 385)

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

Nick Coghlan writes:

 > I'm not clear on the rationale for the explicit CRLF line ending on the
 > email test message, but I would guess it is to ensure that the email
 > module can handle CRLF line endings correctly regardless of platform.

IIRC, that's just the standard for text email.  Lines must be less
than 1000 characters long, should be no more than 78 characters long,
and are terminated by CRLF.  As they say, "honored more in the breach
than the observance", but that's what the RFCs say.