2.6.8, first cut

[developers-reference.git] / developers-reference.sgml

diff --git a/developers-reference.sgml b/developers-reference.sgml
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@@ -138,14 +138,11 @@ application:
            <item>
 Your name.
            <item>
-Your preferred login name on <tt>master</tt> (seven characters or
-less<footnote>It is not clear to the author why logins on
-<tt>master</tt> cannot be eight characters or greater.  If anyone can
-clarify why, I would appreciate it.</footnote>), as well as the email
-address at which you'd prefer to be subscribed to
-<email>debian-private@lists.debian.org</email> (typically this will be
-either your primary mail address or your new <tt>debian.org</tt>
-address).
+Your preferred login name on <tt>master</tt> (eight characters or
+less), as well as the email address at which you'd prefer to be
+subscribed to <email>debian-private@lists.debian.org</email>
+(typically this will be either your primary mail address or your new
+<tt>debian.org</tt> address).
            <item>
 A phone number where we can call you.  Remember that the new
 maintainer team usually calls during evening hours to save on long